Witch" Circe Weaves Her Spell of Summoning, oil on wood, 48 inches by 24 inches, 2020
This dream vision painting depicts the enchantress Circe' in her act of magically summoning Odysseus to her presence through adapt manipulation of her otherworldly skills.
Her familiar, the cephalopod, excretes what will be the fabric of this spell stimulated by the action of Circe's adroit carcasses agitating its tentacles. This agitation causes the creature to exude a pheromonic web that in combination with Circe's own essence materializes her desire objective to draw Odysseus to her presence.
The background of the painting depicts frescos inspired by those unearthed by Arthur Evans at the Minoan Palace of Knossos in Crete.
I have utilized these frescoes because as they correspond to the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations that existed in the same time period of have close parallels with each other
“Witch: Circe' Weaves Her Spell of Summoning”
