Perseus and the Burning Tree

Art's Description

About this painting
A picture about the subjugation of nature by mankind.
This painting is divided into two halves; the twisting and almost human forms of the trees on the left, and the rose-petal colours of the city on the right. The face of the burning tree stares out, forcing the viewer to assume the role of the forest in a picture with the primary emotion of distress. The figure of Perseus looks away as he holds the head of Medusa. The blood of Medusa could kill any creature but also resurrect the dead, depending on which vein the blood came from, so here the head represents ultimate power; the power of life and death.
Painted Jun 2007.

Style

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

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