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full bandaged man

full bandaged man

Sterelise

Sterelise

Nurse with ripped uniform and syringe. Etching

Nurse with ripped uniform and syringe. Etching

Medication time.

Medication time.

reclining nurse with scissor form body

reclining nurse with scissor form body

nurse with syringe

nurse with syringe

Nurse with syringe.

Nurse with syringe.

sling

sling

Welcome.We are very pleased to meet you

Welcome.We are very pleased to meet you

painting in stages

painting in stages

nurse applying nappy

nurse applying nappy

nurse washing baby

nurse washing baby

Nurse scissor form body

Nurse scissor form body

Bandaging chest with a bedsheet

Bandaging chest with a bedsheet

nurse and baby

nurse and baby

baby rattle and dummy

baby rattle and dummy

nurse

nurse

nurse applying saftey pin, baby feeding

nurse applying saftey pin, baby feeding

scissor form nurse in birthing position

scissor form nurse in birthing position

nurse with syringe

nurse with syringe

recumbant nurse with scissor legs

recumbant nurse with scissor legs

nurse with syringe

nurse with syringe

nurse and baby

nurse and baby

dirty bandaged man

dirty bandaged man

bandaged boys head

bandaged boys head

full bandaged body

full bandaged body

reclining nurse with scissor body

reclining nurse with scissor body

stomache bandaged with sheet

stomache bandaged with sheet

 nurse with scissor body giving birth

nurse with scissor body giving birth

 Bed sheet for a stomach wound

Bed sheet for a stomach wound

 head injury

head injury

full bandage

full bandage

Angel Heart Hotel

Over the years I kept repeating very basic medical imagery; the bandaged man, the nurse. The nurse, especially with a baby was I suppose a formal pictorial reference to religious painting and it also bore biographical associations as my mother was a nurse; though very little of this rarely crossed my mind. I practised my drawing and painting upon the repetition.
I have included the work here under the one title 'Angel Heart Hotel' in reference to a book of poetry by Alec Streeter, that I illustrated the cover for when I was about 19 or 20. The cover was of a nurse and the last I heard, Alec was languishing in a mental hospital.
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