About the image:

This painting is so-called because it was partly inspired by the 'Rokeby Venus', which hangs in the National Gallery. That painting shows Venus, Roman goddess of Love, in a similar pose, her face reflected in a mirror held for her by Cupid. That's all very well, but there is no danger in seeing Venus face-to-face. Medusa, on the onter hand, is as everyone knows quite deadly to look at directly - one glance from her and she turns the on-looker to stone, so instead of Venus I've placed Medusa in the picture, safe to view. Cupid has to cover his face, though - or one glance from her and he's a garden ornament...

Details about this print:

Image size about: 10.5 x 7 inches (about 27 x 18 cm) on A4 paper.
A signed, high quality print on archival matte paper, with pigment inks (very fade-resistant).
Note: the words 'copyright Nancy Farmer' do not appear on the actual print.

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About my paintings:

My paintings are largely concerned with the re-working of themes of fairytale and fantasy, mixed with many modern-day references, always trying to give a little disturbing twist to my interpretations. The result is something that hovers somewhere between fantasy and satire, and is not quite either. I do not usually take my subjects too seriously, though I may occasionally seek to make a serious point by poking fun.

I have a weakness for depicting the totally ordinary and mundane - when it is quite out of context with the subject - a sort of inappropriate normality, hence the common appearances of glasses of wine and cups of tea amongst my pictures. I like the idea, for instance, of Devils on their coffee break, after a hard morning persecuting the Damned. This kind of subject also lends itself to the sort of undertones of fetish that often colour the characters in my paintings.