Insanity Print

In printmaking we are working on some zinc etchings right now and we are supposed to come up with a topic before we do the drawings for the prints. I started off with the idea that I wanted to do something relating to insanity and the imagery associated with losing your perception of reality. For inspiration I looked to the famous series of paintings called the black painting by Francisco Goya. At the end of his life he isolated himself in a remote cabin and wallowed in his loss of sanity. The paintings were made on the walls of the cabin and reflect his mental state. I used the imagery and intensity as some reference material.
I included some sketches of my ideas and the plate I will be etching.