Old Amazon
Ambiance in a box – November 2021
Sculpture by Elisa Galindo
Scale 32 mm
In private collection
Amazones have usually been depicted as young and exhuberant women but when I saw this figure I knew I wanted to add it to my collection. This figure represents the fight between an old amazon and a spirit of the amazonic forest she lives in. In this piece it was important for me to work on the ambiance and I wanted to try to do some custom made scenary in a photo frame.
The Scenary
I decided to compose the scenery in three layers. The firs one, consisting of full figures and scenery bits that are fully in the photo frame, such as the amazon, the floating skull and some small details such as foliage, a skeleton and a tiny rat.
On a second layer I added the trees, which have only about half of their thickness sculpted, and the rest is painted in perspective on the background.
Finally, the last layer consists on the background, composed by more subtle forms and light sources.