Actaeon (2021) is a linoleum-cut artist book in an edition of 50 regular copies and 20 special copies. Its small page spreads measure 12.25” x 18", and it contains two large foldout spreads which measure 12.25 x 36”. It is bound in drum-leaf style, and its case is wrapped in a hand-colored linoleum print.

This book is an illustrated retelling of the Greek myth of Actaeon, a skilled hunter who, on a hunt with his pack of dogs, stumbles upon the goddess Artemis and her retinue bathing in the forest. Artemis, enraged that Actaeon has seen her bathing, transforms him into a stag; he is quickly dispatched by his own hunting dogs.

In this version, Actaeon does not turn into a stag, but rather receives the treatment given to so many slasher film starlets: he becomes both victim of torment and erotic pinup. As Actaeon runs through the forest, his clothes are ripped from him until he is stripped naked before the gaze of the reader, seemingly enlightened by his rapturous suffering. This is an ancient tale of a man punished for violating the privacy and dignity of a woman, resurrected and subverted for a modern-day society in which such infractions are still going unpunished.

The special edition is a deluxe version of the book. It comes housed in a custom screen-printed slipcase featuring Artemis drawing an arrow on one side and a braying stag on the other. When the book is pulled from its slipcase, the dogs on its cover rush toward the stag. Additionally, the endsheets of the special edition are hand-stamped patterns of Actaeon and his hunting dogs in the style of antique hunting trophies. But most importantly, all “pinup-style” pages of the special edition are hand colored with sparse but vibrant watercolor elements.