Partial Eclipse

Day 8 of the 30-in-30 challenge

The cow is making its move over the moon, and this spectacle guy is it taking it all in with excitement. At the same time a father is showing his daughter the beautiful land of their ancestors.

I placed these two scenes like layers on top of each other: The characters are standing next to each other, but they don't interact, they don't even notice each other. Two different moments are happening at the same time, at two different places at the same spot.

"Partial Eclipse" is about seeing things and not seeing things. About things that matter, and things that are ignored or forgotten or too uncomfortable to deal with or think about.

Mixed media: watercolors on cold-pressed watercolor paper, storybook clippings, book pages, ink, on cradled wood panel, 11"x14"