Artwork / Crime Against Nature / Choice (Red Kangaroo)
Choice (Red Kangaroo)
2012
acrylic on panel
10 x 10 inches
The palette in this painting reminds me of the one I used in the first half of this diptych from 2006 and 2007. You can watch the making of this piece. Below is the text from the book Crime Against Nature that goes with this image.
Girls can control the development of babies.
Female red kangaroos give birth after just 33 days of gestation. Tiny and blind, the newborn must crawl through the fur of its mother’s abdomen to get to her pouch, where the baby can suckle and continue to develop. The female may become pregnant again almost immediately, but she can pause the development of the fetus until the joey in her pouch is further developed.
