Walnut in Thought
charcoal, conté on paper
12” x 15”
1989
charcoal, conté on paper
12” x 15”
1989
From a series of scaled-up drawings of small natural objects in which I explored the degree to which resemblance to the human form is necessary for one to recognize a personality in an object. According to the medieval Doctrine of Signatures the meat of the walnut, resembling the brain, is medicine for the mind.
