giclee on rag paper embellished with gold leaf
12″ x 13″ image size (paper size 18 x 19)
The architect’s words on the blueprint, “Dead-lock, Adam’s Rite,” brings to mind the human condition. Adam’s shaved head is a symbol of captivity and exile from Eden. He is captured by the Second Adam, whose sacrificial death ( bowing figure below) unlocked him from his captivity. A lighted cross intersects his eye.