Swan Song
1998
Seeing Hieronymous Bosch in Lisbon was one turning point for Darren Waterston. Swan Song was created during a time when he was living on Denman Island in British Columbia, Canada. Evidence of his fascination with the floating landscapes and elegant silhouettes of Asian art is discernible, but the work also mixes in observation of the process of decay, as a butterfly and swans pose betwixt oozing and brackish planes.
9-color, Ink on paper
31 3/4 in. (80.6 cm) x 25 in. (63.5 cm), overall
Gift of Greg Kucera and Larry Yocom in memory of Michael Ehle (1953 - 1999)
2001.1085