I ' m still trying to work towards codifying it into a cohesive artist statement , but in essence it is part of a series that utilizes elements of classicism to create images of death or dying that are an internal critique of the notions of glory and a good death . The title is from medieval manuscripts that were about how to have a good death in the face of the plague , but I ' ve coopted it to more broadly criticize that notion . In the real world the images are actually laid on the ground so that the viewer has to stand over , and thus in a way demean , the dead people depicted . All of the images arewill be of violent deaths relating to war or conflict and to explore the nature of death in those contexts . I ' ve just started really delving into it so I don ' t know where it will go or how it will evolve , and by the end of the week I will only have 3 completed pieces in the series out of an unknown number of possibilities . But I also don ' t necessarily need the viewer to know or understand that so much I need them to be made uncomfortable by the image or to react in a way that is more visceral . Thank you for asking ! I hope I answered your question .