Martyrdom original collage on canvas

Part of The Last Quartets art series, Anointed depicts my vision of the second movement of Schubert's last string quartet: D.887 in G major. The crow from the first collage has fallen in love, or at least limerence. Unfortunately, the crow is in love with someone quite toxic for him who has made him forget his self worth. His soul remembers though, and eventually he blinks and wakes up. As he gets back to his soul's mission, he can't help but replace the obsession for his toxic love with overwork.

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.