Postmodern standpoint: analyzing " Vis Viva"

I went to a local gallery by my house to the current Exhibition, "Women's Art of Mentoring", or WARM. The piece I analyzed was by Laurie Kigner, called "Vis Viva", graphite on paper.

The image reminds me of a clasic horror movie from a classic Halloween episode, the artist might have even recieved inspiration from such a genre of film. As suiting as the piece may be for a horror movie, the image also emits a surreal and melancholy feel. It sends off mixed emotions of fear and bravery, as well as a dull feeling, yet the image remains intriguing to the viewer, it becomes a love-hate relationship. The birs looks over its backside with its eye in contrastto the rest of its body, it starts a visual connection with the viewer, staring at the viewer fearlessly, yet with some elements of fear as it is not in frontal view, where the viewer might percieve the birs as facing its fear. The texture is realistic as well as the anatomical structure. The pure surreal essence of nature insipred this piece due to the simplicity and delicacy of the bird's texture and how line creates texture, contrast, value, and depth.