Suzy the snake curled forth from her vine.

[London] : 1969.

1 painting : paint and ink on paper, mounted on hardboard ; 22.5 x 129.5 cm

Wellcome Collection also holds the Mary Barnes Archive, reference PP/MBA https://wellcomecollection.org/works/rpjx3pqx

Suzy the snake curled forth from her vine. "Oh Baby Bear what is the matter?" "I want, I want. Baby Bear sobbed and sobbed. He could smell the sweet smell. It was coming in great big waves all over him. "Oh" said Suzy, "you want honey". She put herself around him. Mm, mm, mmm, murmured Baby Bear. His little paws upon his tummy, thinking BIG about the HONEY. "Baby Bear my juice is good making honey even sweeter. I'll squirt it up into the tree then the bees will fly away." From her mouth Suzy did piss. 1 2 3, one two three times. All the bees buzzed away. (Pissed off they were). Baby Bear he laughed with glee and the wind then shook the tree. Down it fell into his hands, a big comb full of golden [?] growling gurgles of [?] in his paws so tight. The honey it all squelched and oozed warm and sticky. Baby Bear all soft and healed[?] licked, and licked, from [?] to tummy all the sweet delicious HONEY. Mary Barnes Nov. 6[?]. (handwritten in red biro over white paint)

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Wellcome Collection 3316836i.4

Exhibited in '20th Century Women' at The Gallery of Everything, London, 10 October 2021 - 14 November 2021.

The title has been taken from wording on the object.