Description
‘Death of a Luna Moth Hybrid’ by Kirsten Schaap
Artist: Kirsten Schaap
Title: ‘Death of a Luna Moth Hybrid’
Medium: Pen, acrylic ink, and genuine silver leaf on Ampersand Claybord
Dimensions: 9.4″ x 7.1″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2023
About the Artwork:
“Like their Terran counterparts, mature Luna Moth Hybrids produce multiple generations during their lifetime, do not feed and have a life expectancy of about a week until they die.
This piece is part of my biomech animals 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.