A5 art print of "Step by Step on a Piece of String"
A big grey elephant balances on a piece of string...
The string is stretched and dipping precariously from the weight of everything that balances so delicately upon it.
The elephant is decorated beautifully with festive adornments...
A pointed arched window in the elephant’s side shows the view within...
Inside the elephants belly is a very decadent scene... Royalty at the dinner table ...
This whole little world inside the elephants belly is all a facade... Reality veiled in glamour. This world is really so very fake... unreal... completely ridiculous and so very unlikely.... It has the King & Queen so very fooled, as to what actually is going on *behind the scenes* ....So as the royal guests sit inside their little bubble of bliss and decadence... they seem completely unaware of everything going on outside to keep this illusionary world together…. They are completely unaware that it is all balancing so very precariously…
A little temple is perched upon on the elephant's back which has the royal throne inside ... …. A joker sits upon the throne.
On top of this temple on top of the elephant's back is a ballerina on point upon a light bulb with a parasol in hand.
On top of the parasol is a teeny tiny mouse.... balancing a ball on her nose! While another teeny tiny mouse balances upon the ballerina’s pointed slipper, with a twirly whirly rainbow ribbon in hand all while a ball spins on the tip of another teeny tiny parasol on top of the teeny tiny mouse’s nose! The ballerina, though balancing on just the point of one ballet shoe, seems completely confident and sure of herself.... on the surface.... even though perhaps her toes are bleeding and she is possibly terrified on the inside that everything could all come crashing down around her.... she just continues to focus and balance ....and smile....
The elephant has a slightly worried look in his eye.
The Cheeky circus Monkeys are all out to play... swinging from the elephant's trunk and pulling on his tail! Even with all these little distractions trying to pull the elephant's focus away from the task at hand, he still remains focused on the string and in complete balance. Chanting in his head; "just keep balancing! Just keep balancing! One step after another! Just stay on the string!" ...He is keeping it all together. This whole crazy world depends entirely on the balance of this one elephant. It seems ludicrous! Completely impossible! ...But somehow it just keeps going... it just keeps balancing. -A little like everything in life. ..We ask ourselves; “How did I get to this point? How am i still here? How am i going to keep going?.... I just do”
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Printed with Epson ultrachrome K3 pigment inks on archival matte paper (192gsm)
Please note - watermark “© Elke Art” will not appear in the actual print you purchase.
This listing is for one (1) mini (A5 size) print of Elke Art piece "Step by Step on a Piece of String"
If you would like a Large (super A3) size print of this piece please click here: https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/248015946/large-super-a3size-329mmx483mm-elke-art?ref=shop_home_active_1
If you would like a Medium (A4 size) print of this piece please click here:https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/248016596/a4-art-print-step-by-step-on-a-piece-of?ref=listing-shop-header-0
