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"How We Quit the Forest"
Digital, 2009

"How We Quit the Forest"
Digital, 2009

The subject is the band Rasputina. You can see the original sketch below, as well as details.

I tried to capture the band's history in one concept. For instance, the pictured andromorphs/awful freaks are the newest lineup - Melora Creager being the only constant.

The image of a deer being shot comes from "Hunter's Kiss," a song from what is currently Rasputina's mid-way point. That song creates a metaphor between a deer being shot down and being struck with love, describing it in both painful and ecstatic terms - exactly like St. Teresa described God's love being plunged through her heart as a gold spear. I've lifted the image of the "hunter' directly from the Baroque statue of St. Teresa in the basilica Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

The idea of anthropomorphic animals living in the woods recalls the song I also chose as a title, "How We Quit the Forest," and the overall scene is meant to recall the artwork for that early album.
 
 
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Chris Lowrance
Chris Lowrance, 04-18-09
I actually intentionally use heavy, bold lines in my work. I like to think of my lines as objects unto themselves. They are, after all, just abstractions - a line is just a symbol for a hard edge. I prefer to give them a life of their own, then, and really let them stand out. But I'm just exploring possible combinations of line and definition here, so thank you for your thoughts!
Johann Wessels
Johann Wessels, 04-17-09
outlines maybe a little too heavy....?
Chris Lowrance
Chris Lowrance, 04-16-09
Thanks!
Toni Josephson
Toni Josephson, 04-16-09
Interesting -- like the background concepts and their execution. Nice narrative piece.
 
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