Trapped Tentacles

11x14.5 inches | Watercolor and Colored Pencils on Mixed Media Paper | 2024

Due to the increasingly disappearing home of aquatic animals, this piece illustrates an octopus trapped in a birdcage inside of a library. Many people capture this animal and eat it upon sushi, thus making the artist wonder what are other human interests in octopuses? Placing the animal in a library suggests a dystopian world where octopuses are enslaved and their inks utilized as writing utensils