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The Annunciation

By Jonathan Polkest 2009

David Lesley Thomas

Dimensions
122cm x 122cm x 2cm

A large canvassed panel depicting a flying male earwig in pure new wool yarns with gold leaf against a painted cloud banked sky. In the traditions of the renaissance the concept is a voice, a vision or a statement foretelling a portentous development, the Earwig was considered to be a creature who could burrow into the very mind of the host ear and thereby whisper the words or the music that you just cannot get out of your head.

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