"Memoria" Limited Edition Signed Print #nathanheinze #nathanheinzeart #pablopicasso #picasso #pablopicassoportrait #picassoportrait

"Memoria" Limited Edition Signed Print #nathanheinze #nathanheinzeart #pablopicasso #picasso #pablopicassoportrait #picassoportrait"Memoria" is memory in Latin. The main figure is an angel. The moon reminds her of a long forgotten memory, one that is tinged with wistfulness and melancholy but with a hint of acceptance as she drops her head. The process to create this painting was long and tedious, but never uninspired the image is loosely based on a sculpture from a Russian cemetery in St. Petersburg. I began with texture paste; I laid it down thickly, and when half dry, I

The Valley of Lost Souls - a place where disembodied humans wander aimlessly

but the sky is still bright with the reflection of Hollywood lights

Agnosthesia

Or by another's hand

The most influential artist of the 20th century

Petersburg

This is a hand-signed and numbered limited edition print of only 20 on Archival Hahnemuhle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm paper

The central mass arises from a cave floor

I used the Venetian technique

I used thick texture for the tree stump on which Eve sits and a Venetian method for the figure and background

the mother of humanity

I "carved" the detail into it