Headstone (Laying NO to Rest) 2005 Engraved black slate. 42 x 22 x 2.5 inches. My original intention when conceiving this work was to symbolically respond to a problem that can affect artists whose work has been largely rejected by the mainstream art world: the internalization of that rejection and the subsequent questioning of the value or significance of one's art. For the less serious artist this often spells the end of a career. Laying NO to rest is in a sense cathartic, instead of burying a career, a certain refusal is laid to rest.