Ellipses.

"Ellipses." is the third image in my series on punctuation marks.   This time I combined the image of the punctuation mark with a self-portrait and some ice cubes rather than close ups of brass fixtures from my bathroom.  The background is flour.   Therefore the image returns to the themes of water and food from earlier in the year when I was creating the “Secret Decoder Ring” Series.  I think including water in a self-portrait is particularly interesting since, as mentioned previously, people are 64% water.   And of course, food and water are serious concerns but here they are used playfully. The inclusion of flour, in particular, interested me here because it seemed somewhat reminiscent of snow; therefore, it referenced the Rubber Glove Angels.  I think this image makes a number of interesting connections to some of the things I have been doing over the last year.  
 
The most playful/humorous part is the self-portrait itself where I depict myself with a pencil trying to draw myself but my thumb keeps getting in the way.  This is ludicrous since if you were drawing yourself, your pencil would not be on the subject matter it would be on the paper. Furthermore, while ones thumb can get in the way for a photo it would be a real problem if you could not move it out of the way of your drawing.  This relates to a joke I make while teaching drawing…as I move around the room I ask the students to be careful not to include me in the work…  .