Homely Creatures

I have said to the Worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Job,17:14, King James Version

William Blake’s For the Children (1793) and Paul Klee’s Two Gentlemen Bowing to One Another, Each Supposing the Other to Be in a Higher Position (1903) show us just how small a soul can feel.

What does a rodent, pigeon or worm represent to the human psyche? While the peacock (ego) struts his wares, lowly beasts scurry through our psychic shadows. By depicting these grovelers, I hope to exhume buried monsters and expose them to the light of day.

Moon Worm (Silkworm), 19 x 15 in, ink and gouache on archival paper

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