Douglas Black
Chicago, IL
Animals have grabbed my attention, particularly birds because their beauty in both color and shape exist in innocence; they know not how lovely they are.
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A Drink With Little Billy
In the tradition of 18th century Memento Mori paintings by the European Masters, this still life depicts a small skull, a glass tumbler and stoppered bottle embossed with the cross-botany. The title is a reference to Shakespeare's Hamlet holding Yorick's skull. Framed in a very wide coved wooden frame, painted a satin black.
- Subject Matter: still life, memento mori
- Collections: Miscellanea
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