R60 The Dactylology of Raven
24 x 36" oil on panel
corporate collection (sold)
My daughter Abigail posed very patiently for all five of the 'angels'. I was fascinated by the icon-like gestures of sign language when seen one letter at a time. The V shape, one of my favourites, and a recurring shape in my work, here appears centrally and recalls the somewhat defiant universal gesture. V, the meeting of two parallels, the inverse of perspective.
I wanted to try a work with one colour for the faces and hands of the creatures, and the rest 'etched' in black oil, the flatness of the black areas contrasting with the more dimensional flesh. Instead of the usual feather-shaped or wedge-shaped scribble I use for shading, I wrote the word 'raven' repeatedly. I had already tried this a little in R24, 'Nuclear Creature'.
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