STUDY 8

Watercolor and acrylic using airbrush on paper.

Painted surface 16 x 22.2 cm (6.29 x 8.74 in) in a format of 25.4 x 36.3 cm (10 x 14.29 in)

Custom work done for the publishing house Marvel Comics (USA). One of several versions made of the character Black Scorpion. The final illustration is published in the book Visions, page 71.

Year of realization 2001

"While the Pharaohs considered the scorpion as one of the oldest hieroglyphics and his image was the ended on the head of Isis, it also was placed at the end of their sceptres, for some African nations it was sow malevolent that they couldn't pronounce its name. In medieval times it was also the emblem of betrayal, symbol of the devil himself."