Metamorphoses art

Spring. Landscape with two children, a boy and a girl, studying a bird's nest with chicks, the girl holds a bouquet of flowers and a small basket, a kid goat and a young deer in foreground; anonymous copy after Jan Saenredam who engraved after Hendrik Goltzius Engraving

Metamorphosis

watercolor /ink illustration

Metamorphosis Transformation from Object to Animal Willow Ethan L Andrea Nadia Rylie Nathan Helena A...

I turned 30 and was completely lost. I suddenly realized my own finiteness. I realized the fragility of life, youth and beauty. This thought, which now seems so obvious, came to me out of the blue. My microcosm is changing in parallel with a dramatically changing macrocosm. I need to adapt to reality, but instead I’m trying to escape. Making art is a form of escapism. Through photography, I create my own universe. I transform my anxiety, fears, obsessions and shame into pictures. The older I…

This piece is based on the myth of Echo and Narcissus. I thought of the initial idea for the Month of Love challenge several years ago, and always wanted to revisit it with traditional media.