"Life Is Fragile"
This is a series of drawings or art that I have developed to depict the fragility of life. It all started with my oil painting "The Yellow Flower"
I painted this flower in the 1990s, just after the car accident that disabled me. I have flashbacks of this flower through all of my near-death experiences. The loss of my parents, some relationship losses, and some public events are all reminders of how fragile life really is. Series "Life is Fragile" nos. 2-5 are small variations of The Yellow Flower, carved in wax, rubber, drawn in graphite, etc.
"Life Is Fragile No. 6, Baboon"
(below photo of an Idaho Fish and Game Warden hunting and killing a family of baboons, published in 2019, was the inspiration. The baboons in my mind are screaming. The man was forced to resign. Shooting young baboons is like shooting toddlers.)
Below are two depictions that equal "Life Is Fragile No. 7, Fragile Life" ("Fragile Life No. 1" and "Fragile Life No. 2")
"Fragile Life No. 1", oil bars on cotton cross stitch fabric
"Fragile Life No. 2", Yarka Sauce on Strathmore paper
Below: "Life Is Fragile No. 8, Rain", chalk on blackboard, placed in the rain - video here
"Life is Fragile No. 9, baby",washable ink on a cloth diaper
"Life is Fragile No. 10, Snap Trap, Mouse" Chalk on board
"Life is Fragile No. 11, School" pencil on brown bag paper, on my 27 year old denim-covered notebook
"Life is Fragile No. 12, Troll", chalk on board
"Life is Fragile, No. 13, Eastern White Pine" oil on canvas
(c) laeom
