INFERNO, Canto XII, illustration 1

Title: …and there

at the very top, at the edge of the broken cleft,

lay spread the Infamy of Crete, the heir

of bestiality and the lecherous queen

who hid in a wooden cow.

15.75 x 10.875 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
October 22, 2020

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INFERNO, Canto XI, illustration 4

Title: "But come, for it is my wish now to go on:

the wheel turns and the Wain lies over Caurus,

the Fish are quivering low on the horizon,

and there beyond us runs the road we go

down the dark scarp into the depths below."

11.375 x 8.75 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
October 16, 2020

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INFERNO, Canto XI, illustration 3

Title: "Master," I said, "the clarity of your mind 

impresses all you touch; I see quite clearly

the orders of this dark pit of the blind."

11.75 x 9.125 inches
acrylic paint and collage on found paper
October 14, 2020

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INFERNO, Canto XI, illustration 2

Title: "My son," he began, "there are below this wall

three smaller circles, each in its degree

like those you are about to leave, and all

are crammed with God's accurst."

15.75 x 10.875 inches
acrylic paint on found paper
October 9, 2020

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INFERNO, Canto XI, illustration 1

Title: And here the stink

thrown up by the abyss so overpowered us

that we drew back, cowering behind the wall

of one of the great tombs…

11.875 x 8.25 inches
acrylic paint, collage, and ink on found paper
October 8, 2020

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INFERNO, Canto X, illustration 4

Title: "We see asquint, like those whose twisted sight

can make out only the far-off," he said,

"for the King of All still grants us that much light.

When things draw near, or happen, we perceive

nothing of them. Except what others bring us

we have no news of those who are alive."

11.875 x 8.125 inches
acrylic paint, collage, and ink on found paper
October 1, 2020

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