ooid

a mixed media 'self portrait' piece drawing inspiration from geology, botany, self, and mortality. inkpen on paper, finalized digitally. 
an ooid is a type of sand grain, typically limestone (calcium carbonate), named for its round, polished, egg-like appearance. ooids are formed when a tiny grain or fossil gathers concentric circles as it’s rolled along the bottom of the shore by tide -- like rolling up snow to build a snowman. 
like the structure of an ooid grain, the plants overlaying the figure in this drawing form (overlapping) concentric layers. from interior to exterior, they are: honeysuckle and wild raspberry, white oak and buckeye, sassafras and tulip poplar, magnolia and witch hazel and dandelion. 
from the earth i came, by the earth i am sustained, to the earth i will return