Description
‘Midnight Shroom Forager’ by Mary Esther Munoz
Artist: Mary Esther Munoz
Title: ‘Midnight Shroom Forager’
Medium: Acrylic, ink and gouache on heavy paper
Dimensions: 7″ x 5″
Framing: Framed (frame size: 9.5″ x 6.25″)
Year of Creation: 2022
Artwork Will Ship From: USA
About the Artwork:
“Is the forager consuming the shrooms or are the shrooms consuming them… At the forager’s feet are highly toxic Destroying Angel mushrooms that transform upwards into Lingzhi, a shelf fungus revered for its medicinal purposes. Together the mushrooms represent a tonic for poison, a calming of anxieties, moving the forager closer to accepting their purpose in nature’s cycle. “ – Mary Esther Munoz
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Mary Esther Munoz is a California-based artist inspired by mycology, rituals, shrines, flower meanings, horror movies, and all things Halloween. Her favorite materials are acrylic, ink and gouache and her style is intimate, dark and whimsical. Her current series explores the human body’s ultimate submission to nature, presenting the body in a shrine-like manner adorned with symbolic fungi and foliage. Open to interpretation, each piece can be viewed as nature assembling or reclaiming the subject, both flourishing and decaying.