Ignis Fatuus {Artist's Note}
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oil on canvas
33" x 65"

ig·nis fat·u·us

1. A phosphorescent light that hovers or flits over swampy
ground at night, possibly caused by spontaneous combustion
of gases emitted by rotting organic matter. Also called
friar's lantern, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, wisp.

2. Something that misleads or deludes; an illusion.