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I plan to move forward with figurative paintings and this painting has been
monumental in showing me howto approach combining my figure studies and
existing body of work. It's an exciting transition!
Backstory of the painting:
http://www.theoi.com/Heroine/Danae.html
Danae was a princess of Argos in the Greek Peloponessos, a daughter of
King Akrisios. When her father learned a prophecy that he was destined to
be killed by a son of his daughter, he locked Danae away in a subterranean,
bronze chamber. Her prison, however, was easily infiltrated by the god Zeus
who impregnated her in the guise of a golden shower. She conceived and bore
him a son named Perseus. As soon as her father learned of this, he placed
Danae and the infant in a chest and set them afloat at sea. By the providence
of the gods they drifted safely to the island of Seriphos, where the fisherman
Diktys brought them ashore and offered welcomed them into his house. Later
when Perseus was grown, King Polydektes of Seriphos sought Danae for a
wife and, attempting to rid himself of her son, commanded Perseus fetch the
Gorgon's head. Upon the hero's return he discovered that his mother had fled
to the temple of Athena for refuge, and in anger turned Polydektes and his
allies to stone with Medousa' head. He then travelled with Danae to Argos and
claimed his grandfather's throne.