Midland by Quillan
Just finished working on a book cover for Midland, a collection of poems written around the Midsouth area by my friend Quillan. The poems are passionate and filled with mental imagery inspired by scenes taking place around the poet. These scenes melt together with what feel like memories, and the resulting poem is best served with red wine. The idea behind the lettering for the cover was the largely rural nature of the book’s birthplace. The scrawled notes as background texture with the spilled/splattered wine was inspired by the notes that Quillan writes at the beginning of each poem. The wine used was a particular vintage that he drank during the conception of several of the poems. It was executed on Rives BFK with graphite, india ink, and wine. The collection is slated to release this fall, I’ll be sure to link to it on Amazon once it’s available.
