"Gravedigger" #1

Mixed media. 24" X 36". Acrylic, pencil, mulberry paper, metal thread on stretched canvas.

Cyrus Jones 1810 to 1913 Made his great granchildren believe
You could live to a hundred and three
A hundred and three is forever when you're just a little kid
So Cyrus Jones lived forever
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
Muriel Stonewall 1903 to 1954
She lost both of her babies in the second great war
Now you should never have to watch
Your only children lowered in the ground
I mean you should never have to bury your own babies
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
Ring around the rosey
Pocket full of posey
Ashes to ashes
We all fall down
Gravedigger

When you dig my grave Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
Little Mikey Carson 67 to 75
He rode his Bike like the devil until the day he died
When he grows up he wants to be Mr. Vertigo on the flying trapeze
Ohhh, 1940 to 1992
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Gravedigger
When you dig my grave
Could you make it shallow
So that I can feel the rain
Feel the rain
I can feel the rain
Gravedigger Gravedigger


NOTES: As I have tried to show the paintings, I have realized that to have all the details seen is nearly impossible. So, as a result, I will try to include a list of the specific references to the song that are in the painting.
In "Gravedigger", there are each of the people mentioned in the lyrics: Cyrus Jones, Muriel Stonewall, Mikey Carson, and Mr. Vertigo, the trapeze artist.
Mikey carries a sewn-on vintage metal "Good Luck" horseshoe.
"Gravedigger" is "embossed" on the gravedigger's jacket. He carries a shovel.
Additionally, there is a ring of roses, a variety of weather including the rain to help depict the range of situations in life we may all experience. In addition to the picture, there is a partial outline of Mr. Vertigo.