In the midst of her melancholy and raging ADHD, Hera Mysterium emerged with a terrifyingly mangled-looking brush in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other and started painting whatever came to mind. Colour palette of mostly different shades of black, red, and occasionally green as she gets a visceral reaction from pastels (im joking!!). But Hey, at least she's not charging an arm and a liver for her art - just your soul.

Dracula humor & addressing myself in the 3rd person aside, Hera Mysterium is my pseudonym in Latin, which means Lady Mystery. I am a Montreal based multidisciplinary artist born in Jerusalem.

Acrylics, oils, watercolours, charcoal, ink, raisin and ink as well as digital painting and dark photography are used, along with melted candle wax and dried roses because why not? it’s fun! Have fun with creativity while ruining your floors and carpets.

My inspiration comes from a shadowy figure named Melancholia, with sorrow etched into it’s very being which i turned into a beautiful creation. My artwork is created with great emotion. The resulting works explore the complexities of dualism, such as darkness and light, horror and delight, good and evil. One does not exist without the other.

Hope you enjoy my work.