Land of Ink and Cicadas
About this artwork
Artist Hope Rambo presents a combination of reference images fused into a vivid composition. The painting features two Japanese matchbox illustrations, early 20th-century advertisements for Banania and Sogedrof Pharmacy, an outer space surrealist collage, and a woman whose face has traces of the images layered underneath her. Hope uses photo editing software to merge photographs. She gradually blends them into one multi-layered study and uses them as studies for her work.
Here's more work from Hope Rambo you may enjoy
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Easy Trouble by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/files/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-easy-trouble_284x.jpg?v=1718340510)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Easy Trouble by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/files/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-easy-trouble_284x.jpg?v=1718340510)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Easy Trouble by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/files/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-easy-trouble_284x.jpg?v=1718340510)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Here Said the Mountain by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-here-said-the-mountain_284x.jpg?v=1710529230)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Here Said the Mountain by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-here-said-the-mountain_284x.jpg?v=1710529230)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Here Said the Mountain by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-here-said-the-mountain_284x.jpg?v=1710529230)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Life Inside by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-life-inside_284x.jpg?v=1708100939)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Life Inside by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-life-inside_284x.jpg?v=1708100939)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Life Inside by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-life-inside_284x.jpg?v=1708100939)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Desire by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-drowning-light_284x.jpg?v=1704467084)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Desire by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-drowning-light_284x.jpg?v=1704467084)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Desire by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 24' h x 18' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-drowning-light_284x.jpg?v=1704467084)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Breadcrumbs, Heart Strings, Illumination by Hope Rambo | $1,850 | gouache painting | 27.56' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-breadcrumbs-heart-strings-illumination_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Breadcrumbs, Heart Strings, Illumination by Hope Rambo | $1,850 | gouache painting | 27.56' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-breadcrumbs-heart-strings-illumination_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Breadcrumbs, Heart Strings, Illumination by Hope Rambo | $1,850 | gouache painting | 27.56' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-breadcrumbs-heart-strings-illumination_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Our Precious Future by Hope Rambo | $1,600 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-our-precious-future_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Our Precious Future by Hope Rambo | $1,600 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-our-precious-future_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Our Precious Future by Hope Rambo | $1,600 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-our-precious-future_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Because I'll Catch You: Portrait of a Beijing Opera Star by Hope Rambo | $1,200 | acrylic painting | 15.75' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-because-ill-catch-you-portrait-of-a-beijing-opera-star_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Because I'll Catch You: Portrait of a Beijing Opera Star by Hope Rambo | $1,200 | acrylic painting | 15.75' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-because-ill-catch-you-portrait-of-a-beijing-opera-star_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Because I'll Catch You: Portrait of a Beijing Opera Star by Hope Rambo | $1,200 | acrylic painting | 15.75' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-because-ill-catch-you-portrait-of-a-beijing-opera-star_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Nostalgia Machine by Hope Rambo | $1,600 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-nostalgia-machine_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Nostalgia Machine by Hope Rambo | $1,600 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-nostalgia-machine_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Nostalgia Machine by Hope Rambo | $1,600 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-nostalgia-machine_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Victoire! by Hope Rambo | $1,300 | acrylic painting | 19.69' h x 11.81' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-victoire_284x.jpg?v=1697694191)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Victoire! by Hope Rambo | $1,300 | acrylic painting | 19.69' h x 11.81' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-victoire_284x.jpg?v=1697694191)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Victoire! by Hope Rambo | $1,300 | acrylic painting | 19.69' h x 11.81' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-victoire_284x.jpg?v=1697694191)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Shine by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-shine_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Shine by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-shine_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Shine by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-shine_284x.jpg?v=1697694192)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | You're the One Thing I Know I'll Always Ask For by Hope Rambo | $1,750 | acrylic painting | 27.56' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-youre-the-one-thing-i-know-ill-always-ask-for_284x.jpg?v=1697694191)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | You're the One Thing I Know I'll Always Ask For by Hope Rambo | $1,750 | acrylic painting | 27.56' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-youre-the-one-thing-i-know-ill-always-ask-for_284x.jpg?v=1697694191)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | You're the One Thing I Know I'll Always Ask For by Hope Rambo | $1,750 | acrylic painting | 27.56' h x 19.69' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-youre-the-one-thing-i-know-ill-always-ask-for_284x.jpg?v=1697694191)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Moss Green, Autumn Berries by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-moss-green-autumn-berries_284x.jpg?v=1697694190)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Moss Green, Autumn Berries by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-moss-green-autumn-berries_284x.jpg?v=1697694190)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Moss Green, Autumn Berries by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-moss-green-autumn-berries_284x.jpg?v=1697694190)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | I Still Hear You by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-i-still-hear-you_284x.jpg?v=1697694188)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | I Still Hear You by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-i-still-hear-you_284x.jpg?v=1697694188)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | I Still Hear You by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-i-still-hear-you_284x.jpg?v=1697694188)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Solar Pendulum by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-the-solar-pendulum_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Solar Pendulum by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-the-solar-pendulum_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Solar Pendulum by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-the-solar-pendulum_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Juliette, Alexander by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-juliette-alexander_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Juliette, Alexander by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-juliette-alexander_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Juliette, Alexander by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | gouache painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-gouache-painting-juliette-alexander_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Missing Teeth by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-missing-teeth_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Missing Teeth by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-missing-teeth_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Missing Teeth by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-missing-teeth_284x.jpg?v=1697694187)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Bird Who Flies Tonight (Knows No Other) by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 19.69' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-the-bird-who-flies-tonight-knows-no-other_284x.jpg?v=1697694183)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Bird Who Flies Tonight (Knows No Other) by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 19.69' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-the-bird-who-flies-tonight-knows-no-other_284x.jpg?v=1697694183)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | The Bird Who Flies Tonight (Knows No Other) by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 19.69' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-the-bird-who-flies-tonight-knows-no-other_284x.jpg?v=1697694183)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Child of Electric Light by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-child-of-electric-light_284x.jpg?v=1697694183)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Child of Electric Light by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-child-of-electric-light_284x.jpg?v=1697694183)
![Original art for sale at UGallery.com | Child of Electric Light by Hope Rambo | $1,500 | acrylic painting | 23.62' h x 15.75' w](http://blog.ugallery.com/cdn/shop/products/orig_hope-rambo-acrylic-painting-child-of-electric-light_284x.jpg?v=1697694183)