02-28-2014, 08:03 PM
I never would have guessed that the photo was a precipitate of Alizarin crimson pigment. It looks like it has the texture of crumpled red tissue paper. Wonderful, was your grandfather a chemist? A whole universe mushrooms from this microcosm. Interesting transition from white, and the rice symbolism for life/fertility/wealth, to red for blood/biology/war and suffering.
My new watercolor: 'Nightmare After Christmas'/Chris