symbolism
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Tragic love in the dreamlike environment of dreams. Illustration. Symbolism. Drawing.
In this mixed-media work (markers and pastel chalk), the foreground shows a woman fleeing from something that terrifies her; that something is Death, lurking on the right side in the background. The woman seeks safety in the arms of the man in the middle ground, who could be her partner, but the horror is inevitable.…
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The Nymph’s Dream – Symbolist oil painting of a winged nymph
This is an oil painting on canvas that I created this year. One day, a nymph lies down under a tree and has a dream. In this dream, she appears with wings, and beside her is her beloved, now-deceased pet—a black winged dog—along with several Indian geese, who were waiting for the nymph to join…
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The nymph and the faun
Illustration created with markers on paper. This is the drawn version of the previous oil study. Lines are used consistently in various directions using the hatching technique. It depicts a faun encountering a nymph on a mountain. Next to the nymph, a fawn is seen resting, and behind her, the skull of a faun. Could…
Luis Paredes 