drawing

I've been working on "Taganoe's sea" for about four years. The purpose is to use only the line (pencil, marker, ballpoint pen), in a instinctive way: all that is felt by the eye is transferred to paper in a few minutes, with the following proportion errors, and without corrections. So I can use the line, the sign, as primary, direct expression, free from the prejudice, the influence of acdemic drawing. The whole work of Taganoe is oriented to the human figure.

The ocean is a being of immeasurable power; ever moving and evolving. An octopus represents the ocean perfectly, it is a creature that can hypnotize and enchant, but if you loose sight of its power it will destroy you. In this piece, the octopus is used as a metaphor for anything that is tempting, addictive, unpredictable, and dangerous. The image shows a personal struggle between fueling a vice or gaining liberation from temptation.