Water (Sea Monsters)

EAFW_water wall_flying sea monster print black puffer fish

EAFW_view of room walls ceramics on shelves blue background

EAFW_room view fireplace in center open shelves right

EAFW_view of room walls window center chandelier right ceiling

EAFW_ earth wall_detail of squirrel in branches

EAFW_earth wall_animal skulls on black stands

EAFW_air wall_butterflies in jars large beetles on print

niche size: 22" wide x 9" high x 9" deep

2020

sea horse and puffer fish specimens, glass jar, archival inkjet print

The sea monster with wings and the body of a snake was reproduced from a woodcut in Conrad Gessner's Historia Animalium, published in Zurich between 1551 and 1587. In this five volume zoological encyclopedia, Gessner attempted to describe all of the animals known at the time.

Seahorses, with their tightly curled tails, heads that resemble the head of a horse, and upright swimming posture, are fish that resemble a fanciful composite animal. They figure into Greek and Norse mythology.