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Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids by Pamela A Torres

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Title:	Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
Date Created:	2025
Copyright:	© Pamela A Torres
Genre:	Horror
Mediums:	Colored Pencil, Pastels, Ink
Views:	104
Posted:	11/11/2025

Pamela A Torres
Member Since December 2024

This is my own modern take on a famous 17th portrait of Blood Countess Elizabeth Bathory, a powerful and influential noblewoman who was believed by some to be a vampire, but was a serial killer who tortured and murdered hundreds of young girls, including her own female servants. Influenced by Edvard Munch and Francis Bacon, I had attempted to add a second face that is warped and distorted beyond recognition by sadism. Also, the title was borrowed from a song by UK black metal band Cradle of Filth.