Curate Final Piece: Faith

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(This text was written as if by another person, making a small analysis of this piece)

Christall is an English Illustrator born in 1995, he works in various mediums but most notable are his pen drawings and digital illustrations. This piece, titled “Faith” is a digital painting of 2835 by 2061 pixels in size and depicts a blindfolded, nude woman being led by a bipedal blue monster with a couple of bells on the end of its tail. The artist has chosen not to draw a background and instead has the figures on a grey-purple colour which could be to ensure that the viewer is not distracted by anything and is focused on the couple. Since the image is of a large size you can view it quite closely and that is when the detail of the females hair and face becomes apparent, which is an odd contrast from the simple and almost cartoon-like face of the monster. The fact that the woman does not to be in any immediate danger and also how relaxed she looks leads one to believe that she does not know what is leading her, perhaps she believes it is a lover? This then causes one to wonder where she is being led to and why? The title “Faith” could be a prod in the direction of what the artist is trying to depict here, maybe he is portraying his view of modern religion or faith in general. The muted colours used work harmoniously together, however the creatures face does seem out of place, it’s too bright to work well with the rest of the image. The feet of the woman seem to be blurred or unfinished, whether intentional or not it does seem to add the effect that she is in movement, whereas the blue beast is standing still, waiting to lead her further so its feet are stationary and in full focus.