I have spoken to a couple of people who have asked what the piece is about. In order to explain I think I need to speak a little about my world view, I'm not a religious person but do view the role of humans as only a small element of the greater whole (everything) like cells in a body. When I look at our attitudes towards our world the human race seems a lot like cancerous cells, growing themselves at the expense of the whole. So when I personify other parts of our greater being I imagine anger and frustration at the humans. This is a theme that has run through my work for years. The only pieces that I have that are related to this theme are a couple of angry fish that I have.
I have one other piece that is somewhat related, Medusa was inspired but the somewhat brutal pruning technique called pollarding which is the process of completely removing all of a trees minor branches annually or biannually in order to keep the tree small but shortens the lifespan of the tree by 1/3 or so.
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