ROSE PAINTING (2005)

Two frames, one containing a watercolor painting of a rose and the other a video of the artist painting the same painting in her own blood.

Rose Painting. 2005, Ellen Harvey, Digital video (color, silent, 30 min.), flat-screen monitor, oil paint on frames, watercolor on clay board, and wallpaper: monitor: 14 x 11″ x 4” (35.5 x 27.9 x 10.2 cm); watercolor: 14 x 11″ (35.5 x 27.9 cm); each framed: 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 x 4 1/2″ (41.9 x 36.8 x 11.4 cm). Photography: Ellen Harvey Studio.