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The psychedelic, surrealist imagery in “My Cup Runneth Over” symbolically represents a meditation on death through the eyes of modern science and anatomy. Light and shadow illogically play above, illuminating a dead fly, peacefully suspended in the limbo between body and mind.

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copper plate, etching needle, aquatint, softground, printmaking paper, etching press

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My Cup Runneth Over (2016)

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by Nathaniel Benjamin

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The psychedelic, surrealist imagery in “My Cup Runneth Over” symbolically represents a meditation on death through the eyes of modern science and anatomy. Light and shadow illogically play above, illuminating a dead fly, peacefully suspended in the limbo between body and mind.

Materials used:

copper plate, etching needle, aquatint, softground, printmaking paper, etching press

Tags:
#copperplate etching #soft ground etching #dark psychedelic #anatomy etching #intaglio etching #surrealism #dark #printmaking #limited edition #dark art #etching #limited edition print #psychedelic #macabre #dark blue #death #surreal portrait #aquatint #anatomy #psychedelic art #intaglio #copper plate #intaglio printmaking #anatomy drawing #macabre art #anatomical illustration #scientific art #scientific illustration #surreal illustration figurative #copper plate etching #figurative illustration 
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As an artist my work is constantly evolving, anchored to my interest in the human figure, the interaction between mind and body, and our experience of the world through symbols.... Read more

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