Fishing for monsters

Stumbled across this awesome piece of artwork on the internet. When I first saw the picture I only noticed the monster beneath the surface of the water. I failed to notice the little girl fishing at all. Perhaps that was the original intention of the artist. Still there is so much depth to the image. I for one love trying to glean all the bits of information from fantastical images like these. Its an image open to different interpretations by different people.

Is the monster a manifestation of evil. Will his next move be to pull the innocent looking girl down below. The presence of a human skeleton at the bottom of the lake still clad in armor might indicate this.

On the other hand is he just a blissfully innocent creature like the girl herself and the bait dangling before him has just piqued his curiosity. His face too doesn’t indicate that he has any hostile intentions. Maybe he pulled down the humans without the notion of doing harm like the way a human child may play with a doll or an action figure.

There are other tiny details in the picture like the eyewear that little girl has donned. They look like a something you usually see in a sci-fi universe set in the future. They are perhaps meant to enhance her vision beyond normal capabilities. Perhaps it is her intention to seek out the monster. Also the body of the monster seems to be a part of the vegetation that is above the surface of the water.

 

Picture found on www.geektown.co.uk through Stumbleupon

Art by Monica Langlois http://monicalanglois.com/en/?page_id=5