28 January 2023

Demeter notes/cathartic & self harm


Demeter & Persephone 



 

I never finished this. It was nine feet wide and six feet high. I gessoed the canvas without stretchers and nailed it to the wall. 
I slashed it to pieces with my double edged bowie knife  ….for obvious reasons, circa 2015


She was meant to look grey like a zombie and the blood from her abdomen was symbolic of the rage towards earth and humanity due to her torment and grief for the loss of her daughter 



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