Walter Oltmann

Child Skull IV, 2015

Walter Oltmann’s 'Child Skull' (2015) looks at themes of origin, fragility, and the cycles of life. The works present delicate renderings of child skulls, inviting contemplation on the beginning of life and the inherent vulnerability of human existence.

Cradle (noun): 1. A little bed or cot for an infant, esp one mounted on rockers or swinging. 2. Any bed or place of repose. 3. fig. The place in which a thing begins or is nurtured in its earlier stage; the beginning.

Cradle (verb): 1. Lay in, or as in, a cradle; rock to sleep; hold or shelter as in a cradle. 2. Nurture, shelter, or rear in infancy.