"The Monster" (Hunter and Ant) Painting

This diptych is depicting a hunting scene. On the left side of it is what presumably the hunter sees from his rifles’ scope. Apparently he can see a huge, ugly and dangerously looking insect-like monster, which seems to be at a very close proximity to the hunter, as the indicator of the scope, intended to measure distances to targets, displays just “000”. On the second part of the diptych (the right side) we can see the same scene, but from the opposite perspective. From this point of view it appears that in fact through his scope the hunter is actually looking at a quite ordinary ant, that is sitting right on top of the front sight of the barrel of the hunter’s rifle and above the muzzle. This diptych is an allegory with the idea that lots of people usually tend to overestimate the problems they face occasionally in their everyday lives. Some of those problems may look really monstrous from their point of view and hard to deal with. Pretty much like looking at them through a magnifying glass. While in reality and if to take a look at the same situation from the opposite perspective, those problems may in fact be insignificant and easy to deal with. The ant on top of the rifle’s front sight is also reminiscent of the famous scene from the Hollywood movie “King Kong”, in which the giant ape is climbing a skyscraper.

Multi-paneled Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:48 W x 24 H x 1.5 D in

Number of Panels:2

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.