28 Aug Rootworker, 1997
Posted at 17:11h
in Mixed Media 1995–2001
Rootworker, 1997
Wood, Paint, Pastel & Mixed
9.5″ x 20.75″ x 4″
Collection: The Artist
The portrait was done in chalk, conté & acrylic worked over a xerox of a photo taken by Sergei Eisentstein in Mexico. Nails adorn the figure as in an minkisi sculpture. The tarred knife was found on a roof in Ypsilanti, MI and is her tools for harvesting magic and medicinal roots.