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About the Artwork
Paper Moon is an intimate stone lithograph drawn not from the artist’s own dream, but from one recounted by a former lover—a moonlit vision that became more formative and haunting to the artist than to the dreamer. In this dream, a feminine figure beckons from the river, illuminated and alluring, shaped by desire and distance.
Brooks K. Eisenbise revisits this image through the lens of trans-masculine identity, exploring themes of dysphoria, performance, and the longing to embody someone else's ideal. Using traditional lithographic techniques—grease pencil on stone, gum arabic washes, and acid etching—Eisenbise evokes the blurred boundaries of dream and memory. The result is soft yet stark, timeless yet deeply personal: a portrait of self shaped through someone else’s eyes.
About the Artist
Brooks K. Eisenbise is a printmaker and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the shifting terrain of identity, intimacy, and memory. With a particular focus on queer and trans experience, Eisenbise uses traditional print processes—especially stone lithography—as a tactile way to hold, question, and reimagine personal history.
Their imagery often emerges from emotionally charged recollections, dreams, or narrative fragments, rendered with a mix of tenderness and tension. Through the physical labor of drawing, etching, and printing, Eisenbise creates works that are both archival and ephemeral—quiet studies in desire, embodiment, and the space between self-perception and being seen.