Description
‘Kelpie’ by Kirsten Schaap
Artist: Kirsten Schaap
Title: ‘Kelpie’
Medium: Archival pigmented pen and acrylic ink on Ampersand Aquabord (varnished satin matte)
Dimensions: 15.7″ x 11.8″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2022
About the Artwork:
“A kelpie in Scottish mythology is a shape-shifting creature that lives under water and preys on any human that it encounters. It is described as a black horse, but also able to adopt human form.” – Kirsten Schaap
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Kirsten Schaap (@kirsketchbook) is an illustrator living and working in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her work revolves around introspection, darkness, contrast and raw emotion- fear, loss and decay are recurring themes in her work. She mainly works in black-and-white and her work is drawn by hand using a stippling technique, which enables her to bring depth, texture and layers into her work. She is inspired by nature, mythology and science fiction.