O Rose Thou Art Sick
46x60cm
Acrylic on canvas
This piece was my take on Picasso’s Woman with a Crow – 1904. I named it after a poem written by William Blake, which is a story about the relationship between a rose and the worm.
The worm has a corrupting influence on the purity of the rose, and slowly destroys her. The woman here represents the rose, and while the crow is making her arm bleed, he is sad and she comforts him despite the fact that he is hurting her. This was my interpretation of a very toxic yet codependent relationship between two people.
The worm has a corrupting influence on the purity of the rose, and slowly destroys her. The woman here represents the rose, and while the crow is making her arm bleed, he is sad and she comforts him despite the fact that he is hurting her. This was my interpretation of a very toxic yet codependent relationship between two people.
