
Skull and Beetles
Artist's Statement: This series of paintings of the odd, the curious, and the strange, shows items I came across in two curiosity shops in an historic district in Tampa, Florida. A series of the curious and weird is almost obligated to include at least one skull. This posting, the last in the "curiosity shop" series, satisfies that obligation. Death is a part of life, and skeletal remains ensue naturally from death in myriad species. But sometimes the natural unsettles us, an