Ecstasy Print

Inspired by Bernini's Ecstasy of St Theresa, this was painted in a two stage process by creating a loosely, thickly painted image of the original Bernini sculpture, then transcribing that in detail onto the canvas, altering the colour and brush work along the way. The style is influenced by the work of Glen Brown, capturing the flow of paint in detail, but it's the spirit of the sculpture that is important, once described as "the perfect embodiment of physical and spiritual ecstasy". In the flow of paint, I've tried to capture some of that ephemeral ecstasy, whether it be spiritual, sexual or even drug induced and trippy, there's definitely an element of that in the there.