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TAUROS

Inspiration often strikes in unexpected ways. Before creating this series, I happened across a video of a bellowing bull. It suddenly struck me that this sound could be imagined as the only one disrupting the eerie silence of King Minos' mythical Labyrinth. I endeavored to create a painting, and series of accompanying drawings, that depicted the crouched and bestial Minotaur bellowing in its dark and lonely prison. 
Picture
Tauros, latex paint on canvas, 55 x 60", private collection, Nashville, TN
The simple and abstract charcoal drawings below were done before, during and after the painting of "Tauros." I wanted to explore this theme from several different angles and poses, capturing the unique interplay of human and bull anatomy. 
Tauros Study 1 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 2 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 3 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 4 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 5 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 6 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 7 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 8 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 9 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 10 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 11 by Derek Overfield
Tauros Study 12 by Derek Overfield
Tauros on black by Derek Overfield
Tauros on blue by Derek Overfield
Tauros on gray by Derek Overfield
Tauros on white by Derek Overfield