A Drop of Blood
There is more color in this piece than can be seen in these simple scans. The elements were chosen mainly for the colors they contain: the ephemeral violet of the morning glory, the mottled grays on the bone and the blend that appears within the slate itself. All of these fragments were carefully adhered to a mahogany stained wood panel. In the details are the red stone laid in the center of a morning glory's petals and the secret hollows of the bone beside a spray of color spreading throughout the slate beneath. The entire piece has been highly varnished and its elements carefully adhered to a wood panel. The work measures 4" by 4" and includes the story, A Drop of Blood on the back, which has been signed and dated by the artist. The back has been titled, signed and dated by the artist and includes the story, A Drop of Blood. On white snow, or on the petal of a flower, it sets the world aflame. All the colors of the earth combined in a small drop; it is the mud out of which we crawled, it is the flesh that forms around our bones. It is the echo if the womb, it calls us to swim in that dark water, it is the reminder of home. Private Collection
