Description
‘All This Weight on Your Fragile Bones’ by Niky Motekallem
Artist: Niky Motekallem
Title: ‘All This Weight on Your Fragile Bones’
Medium: Gouache and Pencil on Paper
Dimensions: 6.5″ x 5″
Framing: Framed in Antique Metal Frame – Frame Size: 9″ x 5.25″ (Glass included, but removed to take photos without glare)
Year of Creation: 2020
Artwork Will Ship From: USA
About the Artwork:
“I imagined this possum curling up in a field of clover flowers to rest her eyes. Clover flowers symbolize calmness, balance, clarity, and enhances self-awareness. She is small and her bones are fragile. But in this moment, she is protected by the cover of these flowers. Despite her smallness, right now, she is resilient.” – Niky Motekallem
About the Artist:
Niky Motekallem is an Iranian-American artist that resides in Minnesota. Her work depicts flora and fauna in the cycle of decay and rebirth using vibrant colors and detailed lines as influenced by Persian motifs. When she isn’t making gallery work or freelance illustrations, she is taking hikes to identify the flora, rummaging through antique shops for a new find, figure skating, or concocting new decadent tea drinks (at least, she would be doing most of these things, if there wasn’t a pandemic).