NECIS HERCULEAE - New Contemporary Myth Portrait

The title of this painting translates from Latin as "The Death of Hercules". In bold streaks of black and fiery blasts of color, I sought to capture the demise of the hero - a tale full of trickery, suspicion, and agony, but ultimately enlisting the mysteries of fate and the ascension to godhood.

Necis Herculeae, latex and acrylic paint on canvas, 43 x 55" (109.22 x 139.7 cm), 2017