20,097 Days (2007)

Saline on canvas
15”x15”

Searching for alternative media for the series, I began this work by determining the salinity of human tears. Using a burette, I delivered one teardrop onto the canvas for each day. Nearly invisible in this image, under gallery lights a 10” halo glistens from where the salt water splashed onto and soaked into the canvas before evaporating and crystallizing.