Description
‘The Gatekeeper (Shedding Skin)’ by Kirsten Schaap
Artist: Kirsten Schaap
Title: ‘The Gatekeeper (Shedding Skin)’
Medium: Pen, ink and golden metallic paint on hot pressed watercolour paper
Dimensions: 15.7″ x 11.8″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2025
About the Artwork:
The Gatekeeper is there to protect ourselves when we are going through a healing process as we are recovering from loss and hurt and she empowers us as we slowly heal and open up again.
This piece is part of my ongoing ‘Four Elements’ series. – 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.