Poisonous series

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Poisonous

A series in ink, graphite pencils, pen and some watercolors.

"Love is like a poisonous flower,
it's beautiful and sweet
but could kill you in the next second."

Oleander

"You are so scarlet and sweet,
you make my heart beat faster
and my skin as red as scabs,
until I collapse and my heart slowly dies."

Deadly Nightshade

"The taste of you is so sweet,
in the dark my mind gets dizzy
and my vision blurred,
we are somewhere else.
Sweating, breathing...
my heart stops."

Moonseed

*Moonseed (Menispermaceae Menispermum), it grows in woods and hedges and produces clusters of small fruits, known as drupes, which resemble grapes. All parts of these plants are known to be poisonous. The toxin is alkaloid dauricine. The drupes have led to paralysis and death when eaten.

Lily of the Valley

"As I lie on your bed of leaves
I can scent your captivating perfume.
It hurts so much inside.
Don't go."

Amanita virosa

"Their empty eyes was haunting,
although it did not frighten me as much as it should have.
Then they started to sing to me in my head,
whispering for my help."

Nux Vomica

Where the most beautiful dies

The poisonous plants are a metaphor for love, how it weights between being the most beautiful thing in the world and of being the most painful thing. Sometimes it can feel like you love someone so much, that the love itself could poison you, maybe even to death. The artworks also show an even more insight of one’s own psyche, how one’s own mind can drive you so far towards the edge, when it comes to love, but also in life itself.

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