Humiliation Series

Mark Warren "The Heart of a Saint" etching w/aquatint plate size 9" X 12"

Mark Warren "Cavalcade of Humiliation" title page etching plate size 9" X 12"

This is a new series of prints I have begun; it is an imaginary Saint/ Martyr's book chronicling his mostly self-imposed pain and his various life debacles. Though he views these tortures that befall him as coming from the world around him, many others may not. Though he moans about his plight he actually relishes the attention his actions and acting get him. Some people do respond favorably and thus he continues on in his martyrdom though I doubt heaven is truly in his future. There are definitely Saints in our world but they don't advertise. Perhaps Saint is the wrong term because our guy doesn't view himself as a do-gooder but rather a beleaguered martyr  who has a profound need to have his pain recognized, even admired, with an almost religious zeal to find more.