Undersea Dreaming, Pompeii

February 11, 2009

in Allegorical, Bestiary

Undersea Dreaming, PompeiiIn 79 AD, the Roman city of Pompeii was completely buried in ash by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, then forgotten until it was rediscovered in the mid-18th Century. Many of its citizens attempted to flee but few made it.

This image is a fanciful telling of a fugitive from Pompeii who dove into the sea and was changed by Neptune into an octopus. He now drifts in the depths, dreaming of his former life.

Size: 2.5″ x 3.5″
Mixed media: oil, paper, and varnish on canvas.

There is no ink on this one…unless he squirts you.

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