The Story is in the Soil Limited Edition Print
"The Story is in the Soil" is a limited edition giclée print by K’omoks artist Andy Everson with a primary edition of 99, bearing the numbers 1/99 through 99/99. It was released in June 2013.
The print for sale does not include a frame and does not have the Andy Everson watermark as seen in the images.
"Skulls bring up a wide gamut of emotions in people. While many immediately think of death and destruction, others conjure up images of nefarious characters sporting skulls tattooed into their skin. Some think skulls look amazing and will decorate anything and everything with them. For others, their fear is so great that they can’t even bear to look at them
Whatever our reaction is, we have an innate and inescapable connection to skulls--the knowledge that underneath our layers of hair, skin, fat and muscle, we too are sporting a nice shiny white cranium. To remind myself of this, I even put my fingers up to my cheekbones and start to feel the contours of my own bone. I caress the orbits and massage the crown. I think of all the stories that I have locked away within the protective walls of my dome. I wonder if anyone will ever gaze upon my bared skull and, if so, would they know any of its former contents? Would they even know who I was?
Anywhere mankind has lived, you are bound to find skulls buried beneath the soil. Each and every one represents a life lived and a life lost. They represent stories of great joy and of great pain. They represent tragedy and loss. They represent lives worth living for. Inside each and every dome, once sat a thousand stories waiting to be told--a thousand stories that now sit hollow in the cavernous remnants of their fortress. Skulls are like libraries once stocked with books that now sit vacant, devoid of their contents.
As a teenager, I remember being called out to an archaeological dig where they found the remains of a young woman flexed in burial posture. I recall looking at those bones and wondering who she was. Was she an ancestor? What were the life stories that once flowed throughout her body? It struck me as so real--life and death--that I started to understand its scarcity and sacredness. I began to comprehend why our people treat our graves with such respect. We honour mortal remains that once carried life, that once contained souls. We honour that our ancestors are now in the ground. They surround us....the story is in the soil."- Andy Everson
The acid-free 100% Stonehenge paper measures approximately 11x30 inches or 28x76.3 centimeters. Image size measures about 9.5 x 28 inches or 24.3x71 centimeters.
If this item is sold out, please email us at info@spiritsofthewestcoast.com as we may be able to order another one for you.
Shipping Information
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Spirits of the West Coast Art Gallery, 2926 Back Road, Courtenay, British Columbia, V9N 9G9, Canada.
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Spirits of the West Coast Art Gallery, 2926 Back Road, Courtenay, British Columbia, V9N9G9, Canada
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