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Perfusion Art: “Crimson Misfits…”

Perfusion Art: “Crimson Misfits…”

Photographer: Frank Aprile, BBA, LP, CCP

Equipment: Iphone 8+

Editing: Photoshop

Narrative: Errant Blood splatter during removal of an Aortic Root Cardioplegia Needle

Time & Place: South of the Ohio River, 2020

About The Artist: Perfusionist

Commentary: The blood droplets look like glossy ladybugs on a translucent sheet to Plastic 🙂

Frank Aprile

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