Shield (Well)

20″ x 20″ x 2″
Pigment, oil, egg, and skin glue on panel
2008

1 of 9 of the first group of paintings on curved panel, finished in January 2008.

The title means to suggest “shield well” or “effectively” and also “well” like the hole in the ground – the source of water. Some of the text moments are: “Welling over”; “like a cup”; “crippled me and gave me wings”; “inside of me inside of you.”