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2005-present
 









Morality Ploy - Colour

 
+ description: hermaphrodites Cairbre (left) and Amrodel (right) Marossat are siblings
in a pseudo-17th-18th century(ish) world. Amrodel is a leading socialite and Cairbre could care less.
Amrodel commissioned this portrait of the two of them as a public symbol
of their reconciliation after a very public falling-out.

the floriography (flower symbolism):
- on Cairbre's belt are daisies for innocence; in hir hands are hazel blossoms for reconciliation.
- Amrodel is crowned with a garland of roses, virtue's reward. hir 'rosary' has a magnolia (dignity) pendant.
on hir lapel are orange blossoms for modesty and wisdom; in hir hand are dahlias for grace.
- in the background, in sort of clockwise order from the top left corner:
mistletoe for surmounting trouble
bee orchids for mistakes
ferns for sincerity
lilacs for humility
hellebore for scandal
columbine for folly
bluebells for humility as well
ivy for friendship
mossy saxifrage for affection
lotus leaves for recantation
bulrushes for indiscretion and docility.
+ medium: graphite, Photoshop CS3
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