Doctor Heal Thyself
- Artist
- Sara Petroff
- Description
- I have a thing for medical illustrations. This piece emerged from the pages of a book on Leonardo da Vinci's medical illustrations. It took on a life of its own once I began playing with the concept of the spine as a zipper. The face and hands are from a self portrait of Albrecht Dürer from 1493 with hands self-suture and the common thread binding the body together and attached to the cranium references IV drips. It's written both in English and in Latin, "Medice Cura Te Ipsum"
- Year
- 2024
- Category
- Craft & Design
- Medium
- paper, acrylic polymers, acrylic washes, embroidery floss, adhesive, gold ink,
- Price
- $1,200