SiU: Ophelia in Manila

From the "Shakespeare is Universal" Collection: Piece 1 of 5

This collection juxtaposes classic Shakespearean themes with modern Asian settings and seeks to present both the humor and tragedy that we encounter in every day life. My medium of choice is acrylic on cork, and the pieces range from classic single canvases to sprawling diptychs.

With the exception of North Korea, I have been to each country thematically presented in this collection and hope to visit many more in my day.

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Exhibited at the 2007 Design Festa in Tokyo, Japan.

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"There is a willow grows askant the brook
That shows his hoary leaves in the glassy stream.
Therewith fantastic garlands did she make
Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long purples,
That liberal shepherds give a grosser name,
But our cold maids do dead men's fingers call them.
There on the pendant boughs her crownet weeds
Clamb'ring to hang, an envious sliver broke,
When down her weedy trophies and herself
Fell in the weeping brook. Her clothes spread wide,
And mermaid-like awhile they bore her up,
Which time she chanted snatches of old lauds,
As one incapable of her own distress,
Or like a creature native and indued
Unto that element. But long it could not be
Till that her garments, heavy with their drink,
Pull'd the poor wretch from her melodious lay
To muddy death."

-Hamlet