The Boy Who Loved the Sun
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Title
The Boy Who Loved the Sun
Subject
LibArt 2025
Description
An acrylic painting on a heavy plywood board and featuring the artist’s first use of cardboard, The Boy Who Loved the Sun seeks to show a snapshot of the story of Icarus; the moment before the sea envelops him as calm, an accepted price to pay for flying too close to the sun.
Creator
Gwynevere Buie
Illustration major
Illustration major
Date
2025
Rights
Belong to Creator
Format
Acrylic on cardboard
18" X 28"
18" X 28"
Citation
Gwynevere Buie Illustration major, “The Boy Who Loved the Sun,” KU Libraries Exhibits, accessed July 26, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/items/show/9606.