The literary work that inspired my art piece is The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan. It inspired me to paint this window because I read this book a while back in middle school and it’s one of my favorite books since I always liked reading about mythology. My painting represents a window that Magnus sees when he enters his new room after dying and being taken to Hotel Valhalla. Before he was taken there, he died heroically to Surt, a fire giant, while saving people on a bridge. To paint this, I leaned towards using more vibrant colors in order to represent the rebirth of Magnus’s life and how he is congratulated as a hero for his courageous and selfless actions. Also, I added growing branches and greenery to emphasize the start of a new life. In the ocean, I used a mix of pink and yellow paint in order to show the reflection of the sun on the water. Although I mainly aimed to use vibrant colors, the grey surrounding the window is used to visualize the room that Magnus lived in as it was mixed between white and grey. A small minor detail was that I added birds in the sky to show Magnus embarking on his new life at Hotel Valhalla. With the use of vibrant colors and growing nature, the message I intend to convey with this portrait is to show how beautiful rebirth can be even if you face a death physically or metaphorically and also to show hope and renewal for new beginnings.
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