Analysis Of Octopus Mom

I chose an interesting artwork; Octopus Mom, a drawing that is displayed in the CityArts Factory in Orlando. The drawing is of a woman with eight arms in the form of an octopus. Octopus Mom has objects in each one of her eight arms, these objects included a belt, duster and an infant child. The drawing is in a wooden frame and is surrounded around a room full of aquatic drawings. The Octopus Mom was in the aquatic gallery; which was one of seven galleries, this gallery included fish and mermaid portraits, a jelly fish projection and fish tanks with real fish. Octopus Mom portrays the limitless capabilities, independence and nurturing nature of mothers.
The moment I laid my eyes on this piece, I knew I was going to choose it for my paper. Before

In one hand, there is a hammer symbolizing the independence characteristic of mothers, in another there is a pot and duster. Those two represent the cleanliness and caretaking of their home or environment, in another hand there is a bat symbolizing protection and fearlessness. In two arms, there were two quite interesting objects being held. These objects were a paint pad and an art book, which to me were symbolic of how everything mothers do seem to be a form of art in one way or the other. Just like Art, mothers make their loved ones think and feel differently about their selves, thoughts and actions. Art makes appreciators turn a visual into a message, on the contrary mothers make their loved ones learn lessons from their disciplinary actions or words which later on form them into a better person. With all these concepts coming together to fully complete the meaning of the drawing, there is an abundance of unity. Each object in Octopus Mom complement each other and complete the whole embodied meaning of the drawing, the limitless capabilities of

In addition to being able to identify the objects by the superb details, the details gave off a sense of implied texture. The details helped me experience an illusionary experience of the objects that were a part of the drawing. From the bat, all the way down to the child, I felt like I was in that atmosphere when looking deep into the drawing. These details made implied texture a key component with the drawing, it helps me understand and feel for the drawing; in a mental and illusionary physical way. The detailed facial features helped me identify the mood of the Octopus Mom, in which she seems to be extremely calm and unbothered while juggling all of those eight responsibilities. She is cool, calm and collective. Her hair details are crisp as if she just came out of a salon, but had to go right back to motherhood. There are no breaks from motherhood, Octopus Mom seems to have defined muscle features showing signs of experience to all that she does. Which leads back into the concept of the limitless capabilities of