Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle

by Jessica Hiemstra

Painters use the term "fugitive pigments" to describe those colours most prone to fading after a brief exposure to light. In Self-Portrait Without a Bicycle, poet and visual artist Jessica Hiemstra uses the idea of fugitive colour to explore the grieving process; whether her subject is a lost grandparent, language, child, painting or cat, Hiemstra renders the fleetingness of life with fine, delicate strokes.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1926845900
• ISBN13: 9781926845906
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Biblioasis
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"