MOUTH OF TRUTH

Long before the modern lie detector and its harmlessly jittering graphs and wires were invented, the superstitious and untruthful faced a much more severe fate between the jaws of the Bocca della Verità, or Mouth of Truth, an ancient carving which is said to bite the hands off of liars.My art work is inspired by the Mouth of truth.At the bottom of the page the finished artwork.