The face of the stranger by Vanessa Wenwieser

Title:	The face of the stranger
Date Created:	October 2022
Copyright:	© © Vanessa Wenwieser
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Photography, Photoshop
Views:	217
Posted:	10/13/2023

Projects: Vanessa Wenwieser is an artist, born in Munich, Germany, who has achieved a Fine Art photography degree at the Glasgow School of Art and graduated with a Bachelors Degree with Honours. She uses photography with Adobe Photoshop to create many layered artworks. Her artworks have been widely exhibited in 2022 and 2023, virtually with groups and in several physical exhibitions too, and solo shows, internationally. Her artwork has also been published in some books and magazines. She has always been interested and inspired by fantasy and horror, growing up with the Alpine fairytales of her homeland.

Deep in the Alpine forests, live creatures called Krampus, that come out around Saint Nikolaus Day,in the dark months, when the snow lies deep.They were meant to discard evil, thats why their masks are so scary and they have big bells. It was superstition, as survival used to be difficult in these areas, over winter. However I imagined Krampus to be a female and enjoyed the whole idea that such a beautiful delicate creature should lie beneath.