Rejoice

[Artist name] Sayaka Fukumoto

[Production year] 2024

[Orientation and size of artwork] Portrait: 81cm long x 59cm wide

[With or without frame] Yes

Description of the work:

Mixed media (illustration board, acrylic paint, oil paint)
A woman with blue horns and blue ears. The blue horns and ears are the motif of the real blue deer "Bluebuck". Blue deer, which have become extinct in Africa due to overhunting, often appear in my work, and represent those who live in misfortune. However, they are considered special creatures by shamanic people and appear in European literature, so I feel hope and joy as muses who have given special inspiration to humans. And since humans with horns also represent miracles and glory in religious terms, by combining them with the beautiful creature "woman" who controls life for me, a motif with great meaning is completed. Also, the fact that the eyes are different colors comes from the fact that "cats with different colored eyes see the future with one eye and the past with the other."
Rejoice depicts creatures that give hope and inspiration to humans, but at the same time, they are also born with suffering, and the mind is suddenly liberated from that suffering.

Artist details page: https://from-artist.com/collections/sayaka-fukumoto