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The Ghosts of Infertility Art Print
by Greg Skrtic
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The Ghosts of Infertility art print by Greg Skrtic. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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A woman in a green dress stands with her feet inside funerary wreath. In her hand she holds a silver ring suspended by a strand of finest silver.... more
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Artist's Description
A woman in a green dress stands with her feet inside funerary wreath. In her hand she holds a silver ring suspended by a strand of finest silver. Young children, "Ghosts", surround her among the three alters of time: past, present, future. In each panel of the triptych there exists trinkets and mementos that relate to the time frame that each represents. In the "Past" two ghosts arrange flowers underneath a freshly stretched hide adorned with a framed sonogram, three jeweled crosses, a valorous heart medal, and a positive pregnancy test. These are the mementos and records of our attempts to conceive a child. One ghost of the "Present" reads a collection of bones while the other ghost seems mesmerized by the silver ring the woman holds. This ghost also holds the key to the "Future" in its hand. In the "Future" all that remains of the eggs of our past are some old feathers ornamentally arranged inside of a vase. The ghost hides in front of the stall of "Dolly," the first cloned sheep, wh...
About Greg Skrtic
I grew up in Florida, moved to Texas my senior year of High School, and earned a BA in Art from Texas Tech University in 1985. That same year I got married, moved to Dallas, and enrolled in the BFA program at University of North Texas for Art Education. A few years later, I graduated again, joined the Peace Corps, went to Botswana and taught art at a community school in a small village on the edge of the Kalahari Desert. After four and a half years the wife and I moved to Yemen and six months later left that fine country in the midst of a civil war. We then packed whatever we had left and spent the next eight years in Vilnius, Lithuania, where my son was born in 2000. Our "Global Nomad" days came to an end shortly after 9-11, and we...
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Adriana Garces
Fasciinating work and story detailing all the symbolism and inspiration behind it. Very well rendered, colored and realized! V/F :)
Greg Skrtic replied:
Thank you for your kind words! :)