Death is part of life, and I weave the strands of both life and death together in this image. This gravestone, a slab resting upon the top of a tomb, plays host to vegetation that flourishes and perishes along with the seasons. I use color to define the line between life and death here. The rich green of the living plants, the reddish brown of dead vegetation, and the words memorializing the dead who lie beneath the slab, are inextricably linked here. Within the letters of those words rest fragments of red decay, adding still another layer of symbolic meaning to this image.