In this case of portraiture, the representation does not come from the figure, but from the sum of its parts. Made of materials from the outskirts of life: eggs, charred bones, and the cremated remains of a friend, “Portrait of an Immortal” juxtaposes the abstraction of grief with the reality of death. Ochre, like blood and the body, is ferrous and ancient and everywhere. Here, ochre from our town surrounds him, Harrison, like the thumbprint of an ancient artist on a cave wall. Art, in many ways, is the practice of creating something that will outlast us. Perhaps if Harrison were to hang on a gallery wall, he might live forever
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