Description
‘The Horae part I- Carpo’ by Kirsten Schaap
Artist: Kirsten Schaap
Title: ‘The Horae part I- Carpo’
Medium: Pen, ink and metallic gold paint, coated with UV-resistant silk matte varnish on Ampersand Aquabord panel
Dimensions: 11.8″ x 9.4″
Framing: Unframed
Year of Creation: 2024
About the Artwork:
The Horae, in Greek mythology, were three goddesses who ruled over the seasons and time with Carpo being the goddess of Autumn and of the ripening and harvesting of plants, crops and fruit. – 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.