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'Promise I'll Be Nice - Medusa' Painting
United Kingdom
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.2 D in
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I wanted to create an artwork based on Medusa as I love her Greek mythological character. In Greek mythology, Medusa is typically known for turning people to stone through her gaze. The title of the painting and added sunglasses are to suggest that Medusa this time is feeling altruistic. Medusa is often used as a symbol in feminist literacy, most commonly in the 70s. I see her as a strong female character and have added a few other hints of strong historical female personas. Check out the Anne Boleyn style Pearl choker. The choker itself has a fascinating history in fashion for women. It's early days were sported by street workers and prostitutes with a rise in class throughout the centuries & becoming a statement piece with Georgian elites. The choker has constantly been making comebacks in waves throughout the 20th & 21st Century. I chose to paint this sculpture by Harriet Hosmer as I love her style and she was one of America’s most distinguished female sculptors of the 19th Century, thriving in a male dominated working environment.
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Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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I am a contemporary figurative artist based in Brighton. Born in Scotland I was raised as an athlete but always strived to be a painter. The disciplined nature of my upbringing is reflecting in the meticulously detailed artworks I create. Spending four years at Edinburgh College of Art and a period at the Hungarian University of Fine Art, my fascination for classical architecture and sculpture strengthened. The fascination for the grandiosity of renaissance art contrasting with banal everyday life has been the propeller for the oil paintings in my recent painting series. Fusing classism with contemporary in order to provoke a dialogue concerning current social or political issues. My paintings build a bridge between the old and the new. The Sculptures in my paintings are meticulously chosen subject to their concepts, mythology or tableaux to sympathise with contemporary issues. I am continuing to create oil paintings in relation to the ever-changing experiences the world is faced with.
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