Oil on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the back.

This artwork comes with an external frame

This work will be available for purchase online and will also be on display at the Bluethumb Gallery in Richmond, Melbourne as part of the gallery's 'The Next Wave' exhibition from March 6th - April 29th. Interested collectors may enquire prior to this date.

This whimsical painting is inspired by the often unknown origin story of Medusa. Medusa was originally a beautiful young woman, with long ringlets of golden hair. While praying at the temple of Athena, she catches the eye of the sea god Poseidon, who rapes her (or seduces her, depending on the version). Athena is so enraged at her temple being defiled, that she takes her revenge on poor Medusa by taking away Medusa’s most prized feature: her hair. It is replaced with deadly serpents.

Here we see Medusa with her hair in an elaborate updo which is reminiscent of 18th-century French fashion. Although her pet snakes are mostly concealed, we can see a little snake's head popping out from the side of Medusa's neck.
This small oil painting has been professionally framed in oak.