Ribs. A4.
Coloured pencil on hand textured drawing paper.
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Originally drawn as concept art for my film NEWTOWN GOTHIC.
Cover for the anthology SOUTHERN BLOOD edited by Bill Congreve.

Ali gestures to her breast, and whispers in a low, despairing, haunted tone.

                        ALI
          How could you ever love this?

She pulls open her top to reveal

A DRY EMPTY RIBCAGE, embroidered with cobwebs.

In the center of her chest cavity nestles a tiny opalescent BLACK MASS suspended in a network of black veins and arteries.


From the screenplay NEWTOWN GOTHIC by Nick Stathopoulos. Copyright 2001


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