Season Of The Witch
2024
The Story
Season of the Witch is an artwork that integrates digitally drawn and printed canvases with physical materials such as polymer and airdry clay to create a tactical viewing experience that brings the 2D world to you. Mixing the supernatural world with one of magic and adventure, I invite the viewer to escape day-to-day life and get pulled into an imagined world of my creation.
This piece tells the supernatural story of a boy from Salem, Massachusetts named Leo. While on a class trip to the Salem Witch Museum, he accidentally releases a spirit who was imprisoned in a purple gem necklace 300 years ago. Now with a “marginally friendly” spirit attachment calling itself Grimm, they soon learn that Grimm wasn’t the only soul to escape that museum. In response to Grimm’s release, it awakens the wicked and unrestful spirit of a powerful witch who is hellbound to take her revenge on the city of Salem. The witch takes control of a girl from Leo's class, using her as a host, and sets off to destroy the city that destroyed her. Forced to become unlikely allies, Leo and Grimm must team up to stop the witch before she annihilates the entire city and everyone Leo holds dear.
The Why
I created this piece based on a story idea I've had since high school but never did anything with. I thought it would be fun to go back and revisit that story I was really passionate about back then and bring it to life. It was a little bit of a struggle getting my footing on this project, but I'm happy with how it turned out in the end. I got to create a story I didn't think would see the light of day and turn it into an art piece that the younger me would be really excited about.