Work dimensions:
70 x 110 cm
Realization:
Mixed media on board
One of Irene's large animal "avatars."
The works in this series grew out of the psychological journey that the artist had to forcefully undertake in order to survive and overcome a severe trauma: the abuse she suffered from a trusted person when she was a teenager, which was perpetuated for several years.
These animals, imposing, colorful and slightly austere, protect the 'artist, her strength is their strength. All the qualities Irene had to look for in herself to overcome the trauma and heal are within them.
As in most of Irene Meniconi's works, the 'animal's eye is watchful and looks directly at the viewer: a symbol of awareness, of a silent witness to what has happened, a silent judge of Nature.
The 'work is made with watercolor and ink drawing on a paper collage base.