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Self Portrait: Penelope at her loom

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This was one of my final pieces for AS art...
Loosely based around the character Queen Penelope, the loyal wife of Odysseus in the Odyssey. During her husband's absence of nearly 20 years post Trojan war, many suitors over stay their welcome in the palace for a chance at her hand in marriage. She tricks them into saying that once she finishes her father-in-law's funeral shroud, she will pick one of them to wed. What they don't know, is she weaves it by day, and unpicks it at night. She manages to pull this off for three years!! Here, she is holding some of the thread, and thinking about the whereabouts of her husband and how they are still connected.

It's also a self-portrait, because I could not find anyone who was willing or had the time to model for me.

Media - I used acrylic paint and for the hair, I used a pen.
 
Image size
1824x2606px 1.22 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon PowerShot SX130 IS
Shutter Speed
1/20 second
Aperture
F/3.4
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
400
Sensor Size
4mm
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