Big John RIP
carved, screen printed & stained wood
1998
28”w x 30”h x 3.”d
A butterfly bearded tribute to my father. The imagery for this piece came from a poem by Allen Ginsberg in his description of Walt Whitman. I have seen a photograph of Whitman where he is holding a butterfly. It represents gentle masculinity. The imagery at the top of the piece is an adrift pizza man having lost his oars, surrounded by sharks with incoming storm.