"Steve's Ba"

"Steve's Ba", mixed media on wood panel, 11x14", is a symbolic portrait of my son Steve, who died in 2006. The ba is a word in ancient Egyptian, showing the soul as a bird, to signify its mobility. The bluejay is a bird that visited me after his death.



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