Mary Fancher

Baldwinsville, NY

Cannibals on Parade, 9 x 12½" (23 x 32 cm)

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Sponsored by: Colored Pencil Society of America District Chapters

Artist Statement

The subjects for my abstract paintings and drawings are often inspired by the books I read. I created Cannibals on Parade while reading about Michael Rockefeller’s fatal 1961 visit to New Guinea to collect primitive art. At that time, cannibalization and head-hunting were still being practiced in parts of New Guinea; much more recently, they were translated by my imagination from pencil to paper.