Shroud 5, 2007
Mixed media
60 x 40 in
SHROUD: To shroud is 1) to wrap a corpse in burial clothing and 2) to shut off from sight; to screen. The noun form refers to 1) a cloth used to wrap a body for burial; a winding sheet, and 2) something that conceals , protects, or screens (as in, under a shroud of fog). Synonyms include to block, hide, or obscure, with shared central meaning of "to cut off from sight." This evokes what our government does not want us to see (and especially does not want us to count)--Iraqi casualties.
This work continues my concern with individual human suffering as a consequence of large bureaucratic exercises of power. I continue to explore new ways to extend drawing and to make the drawing medium serve the artistic message.
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