your desire is like a door

your desire is like a door
i can open with
a look

original wax monoprint (one copy only) on found paper (inside blank page removed from a vintage, discarded textbook — you can still see part of the spine)

4.75 x 7.25 inches

tacked (lightly, with blue tack) to masonite board

pop art: a vintage image from romance comics, superimposed over age and signature (of the book's previous owner)

We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.
— Ovid

What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning.
— Charlie Chaplin

The door of the human heart, can only be opened from the inside.
— William Holman Hunt

this wax monoprint is a single impression only (image printed wet to an unstable wax surface, then pressed to the receiving paper for a permanent set)

burnt blacks, citron yellow, wistful pink

meant for a frame

packaged for gift giving in a clear sleeve

shipped with care

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