THE INEVITABILITY OF CIRCUMSTANCE 1987 Every cross in this picture has been meticulously offset in its alcove to create an absolute image of perfection. The masterpiece depicts a woman dressed in the attire of a dominatrix, an executioner or a queen and yet her posture and expression together express complete abandon. A powerful autocrat rendered powerless by circumstance and resigned to her fate. The picture asks the eternal philosophical question: does life have Divine order? Or is it just the inevitable permutations of circumstance? The airborne dice formed the circle around the head by pure circumstance, giving the image a double irony. The Cosmic Joker laughs back. Elliott contrasts order with chaos and the apparent stillness of death with the dynamic of life. Greatest of the Neo Gothic masterpieces. .Total Number Of Originals: 10 Size Of Piece: 36 inch Original Type: Vivera Giclée (250 years+) Hand printed by Elliott