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Anna and the Dragon (2022) Drawing by Edwin Loftus
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Drawing,
Pastel
on Paper
- Dimensions Height 11in, Width 14in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Drawings under $5,000 Symbolism Fairytale
In many a fairytale innocence or virtuousness confronts something like this dragon, a powerful force that cares nothing about innocence and its ambitions, only the menace's own selfish desires regarding this morsel that has served itself up so conveniently.
These stories are not fanciful entertainments for children. They are derivatives of the ancient themes of oral traditions told as educational allegories to children and adults alike.
This image would illustrate a typical lesson; "Maidens beware of dragons!"
In fairytales, "dragons" are large reptiles that find youth and beauty particularly appetizing. They are too powerful to resist, but you can trick them, escape from them, or perhaps attract a brave princely warrior to come and defeat the dragon to rescue you.
Compare this to modern fairytales, particularly of the last forty to fifty years. They paint an image more favorable to the fighting skills of young women. Rapunzel or Snow White could not be published in many places today. That is a deliberate effort to change the self-image of women and I believe it is well meant. But which story tells the more realistic tale, the old or the modern? Which best serves the interests of young women?
I can't answer that. I wonder about it and so I draw pictures that include that wondering. This image reminds us that these questions exist, whether we are afraid to ask them or not.
That is why this fairytale image is dark and drawn with illusions of reality, when we all know ... dragons aren't real ... are they?
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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.
As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience.
He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it.
Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them.
Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is. It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1951
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary American Artists
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