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Published: 2018-11-15 22:01:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 15104; Favourites: 711; Downloads: 1
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201865 x 110 cm
Technique: Acrylic enamel and Polyurethane laquer
Polyester canvas streched over hdf panel with wooden stretcher
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Very nicely done!!
Congratulations on your much deserved DD! Β
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It got DD? Wow! I truly didn't know that π i wasn't looking here for a while. Thank you, great that you've liked it.
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As medieval Man sought to describe the horrors of the unknown, birds in earth, fish in air.
He never specified the fish in question, nor quite how high up in the air.
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The picture of the astronaut is Edward H. White the second first American astronaut to walk in space he died in the Apollo 1 fire.
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With all respect for the dead, neither seems a particularly good way to go.
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I'd interpret this as a metaphor for colonisation. How humanity has taken over and colonised the Earth, it moves to space to find new places to colonise. Only to find that they're not the only species that wish to colonise. The space jellies colonise the physical body. Diversity over time leads to competition and eventually unity.
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Wow... I mean.... just wow... such a brain spinner! Love it... great work and congrats on the DDΒ Β
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I love the way you painted the jellyfish! How do you photograph your work?Β
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Thank you very much π i take photograph on a easel with two lights shoting on the celling. see everything on live view and set stuff till its ready and take pictures. Some of my paintings were photographed by a friend who is a real photographer, but he lives far, and now i mostly take pictures.
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Ok thanks for answeringΒ
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Thank you, great that you've liked it π
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Thank you, i wanted to make something different βΊοΈ
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Thank you very much π
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kinda getting a vibe of "The Many" from system shock
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Thank you, system shock was a great visual adventure
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What a beautiful piece!
The first thing that stood out to me was the common denominator between the elements of space and sea both being considered "the unknown".
The astronaut's one hand is holding on to the life-line, but it seems like he is letting it go, not really clutching it in a firm grip. (What is he holding in his other hand? It looks like a tiny space-station of sorts.)
Also the jelly fish have an aetherial quality to them that give me the association of the soul leaving the body. That there are three of them is interesting, but could be explained as being different parts or aspects of him.
So in short, my interpretation would be that it is about venturing out into what is unknown and mysterious. The clouds below covering up the world that is being left behind.
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Thank you, your interpretation is very spot-on. I would also add the fact how humanity try to separate from nature while being a part of it. We think that man is a conqueror of all, but in reality we are very fragile and nature can eat us for lunch. Astronaut without his suit is just a floating dead body in outer space, small malfunction of a diver's equipment and we have the same story under water. We are more like a dust in such places.
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Not the artist, but it looks to be a thruster. Before the EMU was developed astronauts carried a hand-held mobility unit during spacewalks - if I do not recall wrong it was regarded as rather hit or miss, as down on Earth there is little chance of practicing what is essentially propelling yourself with a spray can.
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Very true. 
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Something like that π
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Space jellyfish
Marginally better than Typhon
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A new myth is born
How many heads Typhon had? A 100?
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The Typhon I was referring to is the Prey enemy
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Oh π I thought about greek mythology, i don't play video games anymore, i don't have time for it.
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Fair enough
Kinda want to look that up now . . . if I remember
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