Medea Two
By Susan Banks
2026
- Painting
- Spiritual & Philosophical
- Personal Narratives & Identity
- Abstract & Conceptual
- Social & Political
- Conflict
- Greek Mythology
- Tragedy
- Yellows
- Twist
- Heroine
Dimensions
40 x 40 x 3.5
The second painting dedicated to Medea and which references the conflicting emotions evoked by her story. Medea is vulnerable and reacts to betrayal by committing monstrous acts from which she escapes unpunished.
The painting conflates a spiral with a suggestion of the serpent-drawn chariot in which Medea flees with the help of her grandfather Helios – a scene depicted on a Greek vases, suggesting a 2000 year old precedent of a possible painting.
Bib. Euripides. 1963 Medea and other Plays. Penguin Classics.
Oil paint on deep canvas.
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