Inspired by Aesop's Fables, Anna has created an artwork of a curious fox, keenly observing a crow who is sat in a tree eating a piece of cheese. Both characters are surrounded by Anna's distinctively intricate foliage and floral blooms.
In the fable, the fox flatters the crow, who opens his beak and drops the cheese. The fable message 'Beware the Flatterer.'
Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE .
The print is taken from an original paper cut by talented paper artist Anna Cook, one of the gallery’s resident artists.
The giclée print is hand signed by the artist, and presented in a black mount. The fable is on the reverse.
The print is also available framed as shown, please note framed items can only be shipped within the UK using a fragile service.
About the artist:
Anna tells us: "Papercutting is a really labour intensive practice that requires an enormous amount of concentration and a steady hand. With a bit of patience it produces beautiful results, backache, and a touch of eye strain - I love it!
I always start a piece by deciding on the subject. York is my adopted City so I obviously had to create a scene of my favourite place. Over the years I’ve found Foxes, Hares and Blackbirds to be amongst the favourites and, although the jury’s out with Crows and Mice, I make them anyway!
All my work starts out life as a unique paper cut. The originals are cut by hand using a sharp scalpel, and are one off designs. The originals are then scanned at a very high resolution to produce mounted open edition or limited edition prints."
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