SELF PORTRAIT #4

This last piece reflects a childhood spent on a working farm, one with 10,000 egg laying chickens. We also had, at one time or another, a family cow, sheep, pigs, and one pony. But the chickens dominated everything. Eggs had to be collected 2 or 3 times daily and feed distributed twice a day. The hours spent cleaning four chicken coops at least once a year are stained into my memory. Needless to say, at least a part of my childhood was spent in a dusty gray-black environment. In spite of this, I would not change one minute of my time on that farm. For a small boy growing up it was heaven. I consider myself truly blessed by those years.


Self portrait #4 acrylic-collage 24x24 $1200


Self Portrait #4 detail


Self Portrait #4 detail