Five Liters (A Tough Problem) - 11" x 14"

A deeply personal print. During my first year in medical school, I observed a surgery whose symbolism I will never forget. The patient had what her surgeon called "a tough problem" - simple language that neatly cut through the nuance and complexity of her highly vascular tumor. In the late hours of the grueling 12-hour case, the exhausted surgeon continued to operate, eating next to nothing except for the occasional LifeSavers candy that the circulating nurse would slip behind his mask. And as the seventh month of "quarantine" ends with record-breaking case numbers, I feel that surgeon's fatigue differently now, wondering what we will do when the candies run out.

Hand-carved over about 40 hours on a linoleum block in 2020. Printed by hand with a trusty wooden spoon.

Two-color reduction print on Strathmore 300 Series (120 g/m2) printmaking paper.
Size is 11" x 14" (about 28 x 35.5 cm ).

Edition of 24.

**note: this item is handmade and may not look exactly like the image. I am not a computer.**