Modern illustration of a Geisha, made with watercolour to which pieces of coloured paper have been added. The word 'Geisha' has the literal meaning of 'art person' or 'art doer'. Geisha is also known as Geiko, which means 'woman of art'. There is also a lot of symbolism hidden behind the kimono, for example the seasons play an important role. In addition, kimonos also differ per stage of life, young women often wear them with busy patterns and lots of colour.
Geisha's used to have extremely long hair in order to create the laborious hairstyles. Nowadays often wigs are used.
My name is Helia Tayebi, living in beautiful historic Delft. Always stimulated and inspired by beauty and this as the main motivation to make visual art. People fascinate me the most, which results in the genre of my work: portraits. In doing so, I use existing or.. Read more…