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This is a big job for any woman but the Egyptian goddess named 'Nut' is trying to protect the flooding vineyards aided by some big umbrellas. In this print I tried to capture the hand-painted papyrus quality of the illustrations contained in the Book of the Dead, while at the same time commenting on the disastrous floods of present time.
Holding up the Sky
pigment ink on archival sugar cane paper
17 x 22 in.
© W. Skog
$600 plus shipping and tax if applicable
limited edition of 10