This jarring depiction of a distorted humanlike figure, decapitating a baby duck, was meant to convey the emotional discomfort experienced during an unfortunate event, after the artist's family dog broke a stray duckling's neck while playing.
 
This was a mercy killing, of course, to protect a beautiful living creature from further suffering. Although, the impression this moment left in Michael, despite what seemed like a clear moral imperative, left him feeling constitutionally conflicted and deformed; an experience that needed to be acknowledged, processed and released.
 
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Price Includes Framing
 
Medium: Oil on Canvas Panel
Dimensions: 18 x 24 inches
Year Created: 1993