Delusional Nesting original collage on canvas

Part of The Last Quartets art series, Anointed depicts my vision of the third movement of Schubert's last string quartet: D.887 in G major. Now we see the results of that obsessive love from the second collage. Our crow friend got knocked up and has set up a nest for the eggs while her beloved flies off into the distance. The nesting crow still delights in a certain delusion though. While she knows life has gone from bad to worse, she likes to pretend there is still hope for a better future, and that all her hard work will pay off. Yes, even while hatching her eggs she continues to work herself to the bone, as represented by all the pointy wheels around her.

My vision for the four collages that make up this Schubert quartet is a story about the pain of earthly incarnation and the ways we alchemize that pain to create a meaningful life for ourselves.

This canvas measures 20x20 inches with a 3/4 inch profile with sides painted in metallic gold acrylic. Most patterns used in this collage were designed by me along with marbled papers from 18th and 19th century books as well as flower petal infused mulberry papers. These are glued together with my original colored pencil drawings. Comes ready to hang.

You can also find a print of this piece here.