Original artwork description:

Girl with octopus is my daughter with her beloved cat Lemon. I painted it in reminiscence of a wonderful summer day in Rundāle castle, Latvia. The castle was full of roses and there was a mysterious, green labyrinth of vines.
The experience of model-artists relationship can be linked to the ancient tantric practice of eye gazing, which can be transformed into respectful attentiveness, benevolent contemplation of other person. The artist respects and distinguishes emotional and physical traits with admiration and care while depicting it. It can help at moments when the model feels insecure or depressed about his/her appearance (in cases of of illness or old age, for example). It serves as a tangible proof of person's outer and inner beauty because it is perceived and captured on paper. The long and painstaking painting process itself serves as proof of worthiness of a model: people in doubt receive an evidence of their value as human beings. “Do you see what I see?” I ask, while the model ponders at the drawing.
The work is painted on 300 g/m² Arches watercolor paper and is not framed.

Materials used:

Watercolor on paper

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