AshesToAshes

Betty sent me her Goodbye Letter a few weeks ago and I’ve made the artwork below  for her. I didn’t have her last cigarette so I included some packaging for Marlboro Ultra Lights – the brand that Betty smoked. The artwork is not as “clean cut” as the earlier ones but I think it works well and it is heavily influenced by the words in Betty’s goodbye letter – the words “I thought you were my friend, But were my enemy”  are haunting and prompted a more forceful response in the imagery in the artwork. I think it is more reminiscent of a mausoleum than a temple and I think subconsciously I wanted to emphasize that there is no going back – no more smoking – and that is why I tied the poles and barred up the symbolic doorway.

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