Medusa

This painting has been with me for years—an idea I always knew I’d return to when I was ready to do it justice. Caravaggio’s Medusa has long been a reference point: visceral, chilling, yet strangely sympathetic. That tension—between monstrosity and tragedy—was something I wanted to explore in my own way.

In this work, I reimagined her through a more delicate, feminine lens—less monster, more martyr. There’s still power, but it’s tempered by grief, vulnerability, and the quiet weight of transformation. It’s both a tribute to the original and a personal reclamation—my retelling of who Medusa might have been beneath the curse.

I framed the painting using an antique mirror frame, a nod to the shield that sealed her fate. It felt right—poetic, even—to reflect that moment back into the piece, both literally and symbolically.