Title: Butcher's Boy
Medium: Digital Art, Painting
Size: Digital IN. x Digital IN. (0cmx0cm) (digital media- no set size)
Date: 2013
About the Artist: Tiia is a 21 year old artist living in Helsinki, Finland. She is currently studying graphic design in Aalto University. She focuses on digital art, illustration, and graphic design.
Statement: "I'm really interested in adapting existing ideas and concepts to be relevant and relatable in this moment and place in time. There's definitely something that resonates in the idea of an individual accidentally tampering with forces far beyond their understanding; crossing forbidden boundaries, coming across cursed objects, provoking unknown gods and whatnot." -Tiia Reijonen
About the Work/Connections: "I wanted to try and paint something a bit more complicated and layered. I am very happy about how some individual parts turned out but overall I think there might just [be] a bit too much going on here." - Tiia Reijonen
This piece is grim and gruesome in a couple of ways. Obviously, the body parts and organs of animals scattered throughout the work start the shock factor, but Tiia pushes the boundaries by beginning to cut the boy open as well, exposing his brain. The boy is painted to look very pale and sickly, adding to the feel of the painting. What I think makes this painting not as gruesome as it could be is the manner in which it was painted. It isn't very realistic, and though the piece is very dark, it is also very colorful. If this were a hyper-realistic it might be too much.
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