I first and foremost really like the final image that comes out of aquatint. I think that it is by far the most visually interesting of all the techniques we have practiced in Etching 1.
As I mentioned before, my hands which were depicted in a certain way in the previous assignment had become a clue for this one. Goya had done a series of etchings devoted to the foul executions of innocent women and civilians. I decided to take that approach and concentrate on a community that I was very much a part of: Homosexual men. I chose to depict myself being executed with a Nixon-like figure pointing a gun at me. The hand of the person being executed was very important here. The hand is depicted in what society might term a "feminine" way. I think that what was being said here was: Even in the time nearing this persons' death they are still standing up for their belief system. "My spirit will never die."
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