Magnum Opus

Description

Watercolor painting of a nude feminine-presenting figure in shades of black, white, yellow, and red, inspired by the four alchemical stages of the Magnum Opus: Nigredo, Albedo, Citrinitas, and Rubedo. Next to the figure is a poem that reads:

“I took what they said

Was common in me—

Supposed impurities—

And saw in them

The beauty.

I piloted my own

Transfiguration;

Both the alchemist

And the flame,

By my own humble materials

I’ve forged myself into some kind

Of glorious.”