After the Stars

Sunday, October 5th, 2014

After the Stars by Amy Crook

After the Stars by Amy Crook

This piece has a lot of in common with both Insomnia City and Lost Arcadia, but the eerie city it depicts is slowly decaying after whatever cataclysm cracked the moon and erased the stars. As I painted, my mind supplied Lovecraftian stories to go with the muted palette, reminiscent of his cities of glowing semiprecious stone there in the Dreamlands.

After the Stars, 6″x4″ Japanese watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper.

After the Stars, detail, by Amy Crook

After the Stars, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see a small detail of a few buildings, one dripping with something that might be blood, one cracked all along its windowless face, and a third thrusting up at the clouds, defying the decay around it. Below, you can see it in a frame, waiting to go to its new home.

After the Stars, framed art by Amy Crook

After the Stars, framed art by Amy Crook

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