Vermillion WipeOut

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This is one of several series in which I have wiped away color. These series are an effort to describe the wholeness of my self before, during, and after the rape. In this piece, I start out with a fairly isolated, thick area of bright red. A new area of vermillion is placed upon the red, with the echo of the red showing underneath, and then a sunflower yellow is placed on top of these two areas, these colors representing the sun and the good, warm things about my life.

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I am minding my own business until the green begins to envelope the other colors, crowding them all out, consuming them, until, ultimately, all of the colors are scratched away.