The Return

The Return

The Return was painted by me, Jenna Bussey. This piece is a pattern portrait, in it I combined an
Aztec mask with Chinese style of face painting, using analogous colors yellow, yellow-green, and green. I mixed in the finest bit of black with the mask to give it an aged and ancient look.
The dark background serves to make the face pop out more and draw more attention to it and the grey smoke is to add an air of mystery to it.
The work evokes a feeling of suspense and dread as well as mystery, the eyes of the mask almost seem to glow in hidden animosity.