THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR II - New Classically-Themed Figure Painting

Theseus and the Minotaur II, latex paint on canvas, 55 x 60", 2019

Revisiting a subject from 2016, this painting portrays the brutal encounter between the hero Theseus and the monstrous Minotaur. Some accounts describe the hero as taking the Minotaur by surprise and slaying him with his bare hands. Like the 2016 piece, I have purposely blurred the distinctions between who is the monster and who is the hero in the scene.