Visions Verses Voices: Collaboration with poet Maj Ragain
Leeping Into Eel's Death Colors
oil on canvas
81 x 12”
2017
A man recalls the death of an wandering eel. She was on her way home. This man, so close to death is also, seeking his home.
My painting is a homage to Maj Ragain, poet, friend and long-timed creative collaborator. I did this painting after reading the introduction of his last collection of poems.
Maj Ragain, Clouds Pile Up in the North – New & Selected Poems, Press 53: Winston-Salem, NC, 2017, p.xiv