Thicket (XXX), 1979 Color Lithograph (ed. 10) by Boston Area Artist Peter Wagner traps this week I returned to

this week I returned to the same shop and found DARK ENGINE waiting for me

I believe meant to represent an international cast of girls in traditional dress

with surface wear all to the good

With tiny numbers in the corners too

Found in the same spot as the watercolor of houses I just listed

Thicket (XXX), 1979 Color Lithograph (ed. 10) by Boston Area Artist Peter Wagner traps this week I returned toNot totally my usual sort of this for the shop, but I happened upon this 1979 lithograph, titled "Thicket" (edition of 10) by still active Boston area artist Peter Wagner and it resonated to me in all sorts of ways and the more time I spend with it the more I love it. My first thought, at this particular moment, was to read the three "X"s as a row X chromosomes, and so as stand ins for women, forming a blockade, (i. e. hands off my body, thank you