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Linocut with water-soluble ink on cotton paper, hand-burnished, open edition.
Grief Eater marks the moment when the artist’s spirit ruptured and sought refuge in water, an act of leaving our burdens at the riverside: pulling from the African diaspora traditions around water, cleansing, and crossing thresholds. Rendered in blue and black, the composition places the figure in vast open water at midnight, where pain is surrendered and reconstituted.
The work draws from the artist’s Guyanese heritage, shaped by a landscape known as the “Land of Many Waters” and by a familial caution: if one is not careful with the weight of life, the water will claim you. Created with water-soluble ink and hand burnished on cotton paper, the piece belongs to a three-part series presented alongside a performance work. Together, they investigate water as witness, sanctuary, and consuming force, an element capable of both dissolving and delivering the self.
Linocut with water-soluble ink on cotton paper, hand-burnished, open edition.
Grief Eater marks the moment when the artist’s spirit ruptured and sought refuge in water, an act of leaving our burdens at the riverside: pulling from the African diaspora traditions around water, cleansing, and crossing thresholds. Rendered in blue and black, the composition places the figure in vast open water at midnight, where pain is surrendered and reconstituted.
The work draws from the artist’s Guyanese heritage, shaped by a landscape known as the “Land of Many Waters” and by a familial caution: if one is not careful with the weight of life, the water will claim you. Created with water-soluble ink and hand burnished on cotton paper, the piece belongs to a three-part series presented alongside a performance work. Together, they investigate water as witness, sanctuary, and consuming force, an element capable of both dissolving and delivering the self.