Achilles Defiled - Derek Overfield

Achilles Defiled by Derek Overfield Painting 30.0 x 48.0 :: Title: ""Achilles Defiled"" Artist: Derek Overfield Upon hearing the news of Patroclus' death Achilles (in Homer's The Iliad) falls into a deep grief. Customary to the time and culture he grasps dirt and soot from the ground smearing it onto his face and clothes. The scene is described in The Iliad as: ""A black cloud of grief came shrouding over Achilles. Both hands clawing the ground for soot and filth he poured it over his head fouled his handsome face and black ashes settled onto his fresh clean war-shirt."" -Homer's The Iliad (Robert Fagles translation) Above is a semi-abstract figurative work done from life. The work is completed using a subtractive/additive method utilizing latex paint. The piece is sold unstretched. It can be restretched either inexpensively at a frame shop or DIY and presented in a gallery wrap style. It ships in a sturdy tube rolled. Statement ""...and around his head the fair goddess set thick a golden cloud and forth from the man made blaze a gleaming fire... there he stood and shouted... and when they heard the brazen voice of the son of Aeacus the hearts of all were dismayed."" - Homer The Iliad My work is influenced by the classical and the romantic the archaic and the modern - and strives for the monumental divine and quietly brutal. Through paint and line I seek to capture the light of existence that ""gleaming fire"" as well as to portray its gravity. I strive to celebrate the figure its mysterious power and charisma. Like a purging fire I hope to burn away the ornament the unnecessary in order to expose the purity beneath. :: Type: Painting Medium: Acrylic Style: Expressionism Subject: Figures & Portraits Width: 30.0 Height: 48.0 Depth: 3 Weight: 3 lbs Framed: no :: All art on Zatista is original and signed. Photography and digital works are signed numbered limited editions. :: Purchases on Zatista are guaranteed by our 100% Buyer Guarantee.

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