Dimensions: 65” x 44” each panel
Total: 65” x !64”
Panels: 3
Year: 2017- 2022
Medium: Carbon nanotube, water colour and ink
Description:
In this large triptych, the central panel shows the moment of death in war of a male figure. He is wounded and is bleeding from the chest. His love mourns him looking down in sadness, as Death looms over them both. A skull is inked next to death’s face as even death wears a mask until the last moment of our lives, and written across his chest is “ Death feeds on love”.
A crow and deaths dog wait to strike and death’s ferry and the river of death wait behind them, while the damed continue to battle in the extreme background.
The black and white panels are meant to appear sculptural surrounded the central panel, offence is represented on the right by a male figure facing the viewer , his weight on his toes, looking down at his victim, with an axe over his head ready to strike the wounded figure again, representing that his choice to fight is why he lies in the dirt. Death can be born of bad choices driven by ego, and there is always loss, represented by the female figure leaning over him.
On the left a female figure facing away from the viewer, her weight on her heals, representing defence with a spear held high but she is looking off to the distance, continuing to defend against death, but unable to take action.
Both with their weapons raised, but the outcome doesn’t change, and the loss is felt in the survivor. It is possible that offence may have dealt the final blow, but it is impossible to know.
This work took five years to complete, and is painted in watercolour and ink.