FORWARD

I have always found the inkblots of the psychological test known as the Rorschach test to be beautiful and alluring.  During a Rorschach test, subjects perceptions of inkblots are recorded, analyzed, and used to examine a person's personality characteristics and emotional functioning. 

I wanted to create this effect with underwater imagery because of the inherent doubling effect that happens with the reflection.  When I created this image as a mirrored "inkblot", I immediately saw a head of a grasshopper starring straight towards me.  That lead me down a path of researching the meanings of grasshoppers.

Grasshoppers can only jump forward….not backward, or sideways.  When the grasshopper appears to us we are being asked to take a leap of faith and jump forward into a specific area of life without fear. Usually that specific area is one that we have avoided and is often connected to change on a larger scale.

• 16"x24" (Edition of 15)
• 24"x36" (Edition of 10)
• 40"x60" (Edition of 5)

• The size listed is the image size.  
• The print has at least a 1 inch paper border for handling and framing.  Except for 40”x60” prints which are printed with no border due to a 40 inch maximum paper width.
• Prints are archivally printed on Hahnemuhle Pearl paper.
• A Certificate of Authenticity is included with the print.   It is signed, numbered and includes a hologram with a matching hologram to be placed on the back after framing.
• All prints are sold as a loose print and carefully rolled in a tube for safe shipping.