ASPID Print

If you are poisonous, then you are not edible! ”ASPID" watercolor and gouache 26 х 36 см Paper: Clairefontaine - FONTAINE 300g Extra Rough Coral snakes are a large group of elapid (Elapidae) snakes. They possess one of the most potent venoms of any snake. However, relatively few bites are recorded due to their reclusive nature and the fact they generally inhabit sparsely populated areas. Asp is the modern anglicisation of the word aspis, which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means viper. ___________________________________________ For a long time I fought with myself because of watercolor. Watercolor should be light, airy, weightless. I didn’t succeed, I scolded myself, tried again and again. And only recently I finally accepted that my watercolor is different. And this is good. It’s mine, it’s about me. My watercolor is heavy, massive, dark and gloomy. It’s swampy, poisonous and haunted. There is no place for lightness and airiness in my watercolor, and gods, how glad I am that I finally accepted it, accepted myself. P.S. In the photos, I added the process of creating this art - I think it's very exciting - to look behind the quois.