Description
‘Tiamat’ by Kirsten Schaap
Artist: Kirsten Schaap
Title: ‘Tiamat’
Medium: Pen, acrylic ink, metallic watercolour paint, genuine 23.75 ct gold leaf, and genuine silver leaf on Ampersand aquabord
Dimensions: 9.4″ x 7.1″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2025
About the Artwork:
Tiamat, in Mesopotamian mythology, was a Goddess associated with the ocean and chaotic forces and was often depicted as a sea serpent or dragon.
This artwork is part of my ongoing Four Elements series and another addition to my Water element collection. – 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.