Kenan first developed his transfer rubbing technique in January, 2009. In this process, he begins by selecting and editing photographs or public domain images. He then prints these images onto clear plastic and then rubs the backside to transfer them onto paper surfaces. The finished works can contain a singular image, or they may be more complex, involving the overlaying successive rubbing images or text.
"Atlas Series #1," 2011, transfer rubbings on book pages, 11" x 14"
"Atlas Series #7," 2011, transfer rubbings on book pages, 11" x 14"
"The Battle for Love," 2012, transfer rubbings on printed WWII map, 9 3/4" x 14"
"Dominion," 2011, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 10" x 13"
"Friendship, Love and Truth," 2012, transfer rubbings on printed WWI map, 14" x 20"
"George P. Dog Ponders the 'Chicken or the Egg' Causality Dilemma," 2011, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 14" x 18"
"The Great Lester," 2011, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 14" x 18"
"Have a Heart," 2012, transfer rubbings on book pages, 14" x 11"
"Horse and Rider," 2011, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 28" x 41"
"It's All Good," 2009, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 47" x 28"
"Nada," 2012, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 10" x 13"
"Over There, 2012, transfer rubbings on printed WWII map, 20" x 14"
"Paradise Lost," transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 28" x 49"
"The Perils of Bravado," 2012, transfer rubbings on printed WWII map, 14" x 20"
"The Perils of Propaganda," 2011, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 18" x 14"
"Robin Hood," 2011, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 18" x 14"
"Stop War! All Way," 2012, transfer rubbings on printed WWI map, 20" x 14"
"Surprise Attack," 2009, china ink and transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 28" x 47"
"Swim at Your Own Risk," 2012, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 10" x 13"
"The Unshared Sacrifice," 2012, transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 18" x 14"
"Vaudevillian Portrait, 2012, transfer rubbings on printed WWII map, 14" x 20"
"The Ventriloquist," 2011, transfer rubbings on printed WWII map, 20" x 14"
"What We Think, We Become," 2009, ink and transfer rubbings on nautical chart, 28" x 47"
"We Dance to Forget," 2012, transfer rubbings on printed WWII map, 9 3/4" x 14"
"Wound Man," 2011, transfer rubbing on nautical chart, 41" x 28"
"Daguerrotype Family Portrait," 2009, rubbing on deckled archival paper, 8.5" x 11.25", edition of 5.
"Frank Christian," 2009, rubbing on deckled archival paper, 8.5" x 11.25", edition of 20.
"Mognoni Family Portrait," 2009, rubbing on deckled archival paper, 11.25" x 8.5" edition of 20.
"Vintage Nude #10," 2009, rubbing on deckled archival paper, 11.25" x 8.5" edition of 20.