Original artwork description:

‘’After Bacon’’, was carved and named after seeing Francis Bacon's 1953 painting Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X’, commonly known as 'The Screaming Pope'.

To explain a little about the carved material, whilst living in the Fens, East Anglia, I came across Bog Oak and decided to use the medium for this sculpture, due to it’s qualities (these include, no grain, hardness, blackness) plus, the unusualness of the wood
Buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the surrounding conditions, when dug up, it might be thousands of years old.
The wood is usually a deep black colour.
This carving is from a collection of about 30 works, which I carved whilst living in the Fens during the 1990's.
Half of these sculptures sold at exhibitions, the others have been in my private collection until now, when I have decided to offer them for sale.

The head of this sculpture 'After Bacon' is removable, for ease of packing and is easily placed onto the body once again, for display.

"After Bacon" stands on a metal base.

Materials used:

Bog Oak ----- a fossilized wood, that is probably thousands of years old