Artist: Annaliese Helweg
Writer: Everett Keninger
Editor: Shiori Chen
The Time Keeper by Annaliese Helweg is a digital art piece that combines a variety of magical and celestial motifs, with the overriding concept of time. The main image is a god-like creature encircled by wings, horns, clocks, and moon phases. These components allude to the passage of time and mysticism. The central figure, whose eyes flash a golden color, seems to float, while one hand fills an hourglass with sand and the other pours liquid metal into a mold shaped like an hourglass. Helweg’s artwork also depicts burning candles with Arabic or Roman numerals on them, alongside two clocks that show each system and how they both tell the same time, despite being read in different units. As the centerpiece of the artwork, the central figure plays a large role in the symbolism of the piece, as their connection to the universe is shown through the lunar cycle in the background. The contrast between the warmer tones produced by the candles and the cooler tones produced by the wings and dark background create a mood of quiet introspection. Additionally, the artwork alludes to time being both a construct and a mysterious force, protected by the Time Keeper. Helweg’s artwork The Time Keeper explores the supernatural and unknown forces of time that rule life and death.
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