Desert Rose

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Lowbrow pop surrealism wall art prints for home décor. “Desert Rose” is an original handmade artwork by AngieG.

For sale as fine art Giclee paper print in small, medium and large.

About this artwork: “Desert Rose” is a unique digital artwork that features the surreal portrait of a woman in the desert. She wears a black corset and cyan skirt, her red hair is covered by an elegant blue-green head and a teal-colored veil floating behind her. A closer look reveals that her body is made of porcelain. Her elbow is broken, and a hole reveals her missing heart. Shards are lying on the auburn sand, just like her porcelain heart that two vultures are about to consume. She has flower tattoos all over body and script below her neck quoting the Latin saying, “quod me nutrit, me destruit” (“what nourishes me, destroys me”).

This Latin inscription suggests that one is sustained and diminished by the same force and that the forces themselves of nourishment and destruction are in essence the same. On her fingers, you can see the tattooed letters for “LOVE” and “HATE,” together with an anchor and a ship’s wheel.

In the typical style of the artist, this emotional, symbolic piece blends the beautiful and bizarre, the delicate and macabre. “Desert Rose” portrays themes of fragility, loss, and transformation. The porcelain woman, with her broken elbow and hollow chest, implies vulnerability—symbolizing a delicate, constructed beauty that has been damaged. Her heart, lying in the desert and being eyed by vultures, evokes a sense of emotional abandonment and a loss of self. The desert setting enhances the feeling of being lost, while the vultures represent inevitable decay. The surreal combination of elements, like her broken porcelain body, tells a story of idealized beauty and the impermanence of life.

Starting with a photograph of the artist’s own face, this original piece of conceptual lowbrow pop surrealism art is unique and handmade, step by step, with great attention to detail and creative skill:

About the artist: AngieG. is a digital artist and photographer. For her unique digital art, AngieG. takes photos of herself and uses them to create one-of-a-kind photo manipulations with great emotional depth and meaning. AngieG.’s art always has a touch of the macabre, perfectly merging the beautiful and bizarre into her signature lowbrow pop surrealism art style. Unsettling and mesmerizing at the same time, her contemporary conceptual art derives its power from balancing rational vision with the magic of dreams and the unconscious, finding beauty in the unexpected and uncanny.

By purchasing a copy of this artwork, you can be sure to get an original handmade piece of art crafted by a real human artist with ♥︎. 

Because every artwork begins with the artist herself. For each of her works, AngieG. starts with a self-taken photograph of the artist herself. This may be a face shot, a photo of her lips (for her lip art), an intimate portrait, and other scenes and elements based on a vision she has for the final piece. This all involves a deep level of personal creativity, intention, and emotional connection.

Using digital tools like Photoshop or Procreate, she combines textures, colors, and elements over the photograph, transforming it into something more abstract and symbolic. She might enhance certain details to evoke a particular mood, or even merge multiple photos to tell a new story. Every stroke, adjustment, and filter is applied with careful deliberation. The photo begins to transform—a sky becomes more surreal, figures become ethereal, elements are altered to evoke a specific emotion. The process is tactile and intuitive, driven by the artist’s experience and personal connection to the imagery.

The result is more than just a manipulated photo; it becomes a reflection of the artist’s inner world, layered with meaning and emotion. The viewer can sense the human touch through the imperfections and deliberate choices, knowing that each element is infused with the artist’s personal perspective and hands-on effort. Unlike AI-generated art, this piece carries the artist’s unique narrative and emotional journey, embedded in every pixel.

Each piece tells a story—one that only the artist herself can tell, through her choices, edits, and personal relationship to the medium. In this way, AngieG.’s unique handmade digital art remains an essential and evolving form of contemporary expression, blending the power of technology with the depth of human creativity.

Still need some home décor ideas? Surreal art prints make great wall décor items for your living room, bedroom, kitchen, hallway, dining room, office, and even bathroom! Check out more of AngieG.'s lowbrow art prints and pop surrealism art for sale in her Web Store.

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