from "Frankenstein" - 6 by Hae Won Kang

29.75"x41" One of series of acrylic paintings illustrating scenes from "Frankenstein." At the end of the book, Victor Frankestein dies in a ship after chasing the monster to the Artic, accompanied by the captain and the monster. Along with Victor's life, the monster loses his one and last connection to the world. While it was Victor who first abandoned and denied the monster, he was also the only one who understood the existence of the monster and was able to have conversation with. Ironically, Victor is both the cause of the monster's isolation and the only mean to prevent isolation. The monster mourns for Victor's death, the one he wanted revenge so badly. There's no more 'creator and creation,' or 'have and have-not.' Without Victor, without conflict and struggle, the monster is now completly isolated from the world. The book ends with the monster disappearing into the snow, where no one lives and no one knows.