Through printing bones, deer carcasses, dead birds, tools, the human body, mostly mine but also animals and other people, that energy is stored in the resulting print.Like a death mask or flowers drying between the leaves in a book or planting the placenta for a plant to grow, the presence of that object lives on through not only likeness but also intention. In the printing of each object or body, decisions are made to create narratives by varying the pressure of the hands, the quantity and viscosity of the inks and placement of the imagery. 

Acrylic/Oil on Muslin Mounted onto Canvas • 1996 - 2006

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