This listing is for an A4 original pen drawing featuring a dead rat from my series, ‘The Heartless Hurt Less'. The rat was caught by a cat. I wish to memorialise the dead animals I find, and give them a sense of importance high quality and respect, rather than just letting them rot without being noticed. The background of this drawing is a very detailed pattern done in 0.05 liner pen.
In this series I explore the role of abjection and feelings of discomfort in response to lifeless bodies. Over the last year she has been collecting found dead animals, from road kill to cat kill to unexplained death, and has reproduced them as delicate pen drawings. I am interested in finding attraction in unusual places and in demystifying anatomical structures.
The drawings are done from life, using a 0.05 micron pen, and occasionally adding colour washes with felt tips and coloured ink. The drawing is framed in a simple black frame.
Product code: Drawing of a Dead Rat with Detailed Pen Patterned Background - 0.05 Pen Rodent, Rat, Dead high quality Rat Drawing