Life From Death 1

I completed this drawing in 1981, after just completing high school. The boar's skull was found in the woods outside of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I thought the skull was amazing, so old, and the concept that there used to be life in that skull, that the boar was roaming around the woods and saw amazing things. The concept of life springing forth from death fascinated me, like beauty from ashes. I was into Japanese art and simplicity and employed the simple sun bright orange background as a backdrop to the drawing. In hindsight I probably would have handled it differently, but I was only 18...