Aaron Horkey.REMEMBER THAT dead possum possum or phalanger Any of several species (family Phalangeridae) of nocturnal, arboreal marsupials of Australia and New Guinea. They are 22–50 in. (55–125 cm) long, including the long prehensile tail, and have woolly fur. you and your friend dared found under the quarterpipe at the local park when you were 11? Of course not, because besides being one of the few creatures that Lucifer spawned from his rectum rectum: see intestine. rectum End segment of the large intestine (see digestion) in which feces accumulate just prior to discharge. It is 5–6 in. (13–15 cm) long and lined with mucous membrane. , that possum was so decayed it revealed a frightening insect laden bone structure you had erased from your childhood memories ... or so you thought. Aaron Horkey's artwork brings back those haunting images of the past with crazy transformations of decayed matter along with magnified views of insects, bone assemblies and megafauna meg·a·fau·na n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Large or relatively large animals, as of a particular region or period, considered as a group. meg that will make any paleontologist and the most seasoned forensic scientist wet themselves. Horkey's drawings make you want to seek out the dirt-entrusted carcass of some long dead mammal or pull a dead plant from the ground to examine its corroded cor·rode v. cor·rod·ed, cor·rod·ing, cor·rodes v.tr. 1. To destroy a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action: acid corroding metal. root system. Although I can barely stand the sight of an insect on my dinner table, I'm proud to hang Horkey's drawing of one just above it.--Timmy |
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