Limited Edition of: 50 prints

This illustration came off the question “What does Death do during his spare time?”. He goes fishing! Since that he can’t stop to be the one he used to be, then he fishes souls. What’s the best bait out of money? The meaning, far to be moralistic, is focused on the fact that the fisherman (the death) and the bait (money) are both part of an illusive world. At the end we can say that they don’t exist. The artwork is full of small meanings and hidden quotes. There are also references to tarots and legends. For example the boat is called Davy Jones: the demon who catches the souls of men dead in the sea. 

The main character of this artwork is Death. In this artwork he is represented on the beach during his holidays. The illustration, full of symbolism, can be interpreted in many different ways. The subject seems to be the inevitable destiny of human beings rather their genre, fame, religion, origins … The illustration expresses its illusive nature by the paradox for which there are a lot of characters but only Death is alive. The subject is really serious, almost lugubrious, but it is designed by the artist in contrast with chosen of colors and the figurative technique. The result is a sharp irony and a positive suggestion to fight taboo, exorcise death and finally to live.

The artwork represents the inner battle that we use to fight. A Latin cartouche is placed side by side to every single significant element to suggest its symbolic meaning. The sea of Emotions Its surface is often moved by a storm. We have no feeling about the presence of the sea bed. The huge creature It grows unchecked as long as we have fear in our hearts. It becomes bigger and more powerful. It emerges closer as long as we try to escape it. Capitan. The real me You are the effulgent, shine in form which you were created. Anything not genuine undermines your nature. The corporeal vessel The vessel is faithful. It drives you to the realm of shape. The psychic reef Mermaids bask in all their beauty on the rocks, never stopping to sing their fears.

With this tribute to Game of Thrones, Sara Penco expresses her skill as a portraitist, able to reproduce even 48 characters in a very small space and only with 5 colors. Their pose is the same, in particular is the one they should had in front of a medieval painter. Moreover their expression and some details tell something more about their personality. Fans will be happy to know that this artwork is relative of the first three series but there are more George Raymond Richard Martin’s adventures.