We are mostly water – Elvira van Bochove

This human is the container and the water that feeds the earth. The water that she drank is floating in her eyes. Tiny fishes enter through the straw and can be seen swimming there. The fishes are part of her body, that is their habitat.

“We are mostly water”
Acylic on canvas – 100 x 100 cm

Available in high quality print

My bubbletea drinking daughter, who has these huge eyes was my model for the painting. At the time she kind of wanted to be a froggirl (she watches anime a lot). It is quiet easy to recognise her as a watercreature…