blog no 6 . This is a linocut i did today. Although im not in anyway spiritual or religious, i like religious symbolism. I like it because it makes pictures look creepy without being too obvious & reminds me that in the past people lived in a very different and a more scary world .
This picture is full of symbolism but here its all meaningless. I dont know what saint is killing the devil , its a statue i bought because it looked kitsch and camp.
The pigs are just toys. The church is the Duomo in Florence ,there because it was in a lecture we had on the renaissance last week. The little bridge is from a view of Toledo by el Greco I saw yesterday. The trees are twigs i found down by the river while canoeing .
the moon is facing backwards because im new to print making , it was ment to face the other way. The only significance of the craters on the moon is that they didnt appear in art till after they were discovered by Gallilao in the mid 17th C. so would not have been seen on a real old woodcut.I only noticed the devils arm outstretched towards the church after i finished , it means nothing.
I think art should evoke emotions and avoid saying too much , that should be left to books ( or opinionated bloggers !)
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