gests that the plums are ripe and sweet, but also that they will soon rot and spoil. UnCommon Fly is an ex- ercise in vector graphics and chromatic sciences, as it uses advanced tech- niques throughout. The artist is intentionally pushing the boundaries of art and tech- nology, yet the composition remains playful and capti- vating, with eyes that draw attention and wings that em - brace wonder.
tion of three-dimensional ob- jects on a flat surface. Flies have been used to demon- strate the skill and creativity of artists, and challenge the perception of the viewers. One of the earliest examples of this is the anecdote of Giotto and the fly, recounted by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists (1550). Accord- ing to Vasari, Giotto painted such a realistic fly on the nose of a figure by his mas - ter Cimabue, that Cimabue tried to swat it several times before realizing his mistake. Flies have also been used to symbolize the transience and fragility of life, as well as the inevitability of decay and corruption . An example of this is The Fly, by Louise Moillon (1635), a still-life painting that shows a bas - ket of plums with a fly resting on one of them. The fly sug -
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2023 Medium: Duplex Printed Ink on 18mm Silk Twill Size: 50” x 50” A beautiful imaginary fly art ready for a new page in Lin - naeus’ taxonomy of animal classifications. In art history, you will find flies featured as motifs for centu- ries. Flies have been used in paintings to represent both positive and negative qualities, such as realism, illusion, death, decay, and corruption.Shoosty® says his uncommon fly represents beauty through technology, it is a marvel of chromatic engineering with a touch of whimsey. Flies have been associated with realism and illusion in paintings of the past, espe- cially in trompe l’oeil works that create a visual decep-
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