Spooky sketcher of skulls Neda Ali Jahrami has unveiled her latest work – a re-imagination of famous paintings that gets under the skin of iconic muses – just in time to celebrate Halloween.
The Ghosts of Portraits Past series, thus far, takes a ghostly twist on famous paintings including Girl With a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent Van Gogh’s 1889 self-portrait.
“I have always been fascinated by the fact that we are all made out of skeletons, yet it is the ultimate symbol of horror,” Neda told GulfWeekly.
“Growing up, we associate skulls with something spooky and it’s used as a way to scare people, whether in art or décor, but personally, my attraction to skulls isn’t the horror factor at all.”
The 24-year-old Bahraini artist has always found her imagination drawn to darker motifs, from Tim Burton films and poems to horror books and video games. In particular, she is inspired by Tim’s poems and their accompanying drawings, finding that she is “very drawn to artwork that also has a story.”
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