"Home" - First in the four-part series 'Corrine' - Mixed media on plywood. My 167th painting.

Bellevue, Nebraska - March 20, 1989.

Crows descend and settle onto the high branches of a lone, dying tree. Corrine observes their cawing and fight for placement on the spindly, gnarled limbs.

 
Her attention divides between a bit of handiwork and casual glances out the window - where sprawling fallow fields surround her modest home.

The outside air cuts to a chill in the mid-forties but inside, the small structure is adequately warmed by an aged yet trusty wood burning stove.

She sets down her tools, enjoys a few long sips of tea and stokes the fire. The scent of oak charring to coals hangs heavy in the cozy atmosphere. Corrine returns to her seat and resumes the task of rasping a dried iliotibial band from a human femur.


“This is where I find peace and nourish my soul - before venturing out into the wild to decrease the world by one.”