Feel the Power of this Greek Mythology Painting of Emperor Minos as a High Quality Artprint!
This unique, fresh portrayal of King Minos (in Michael’s version: Emperor Minos) – a complex figure who already appeared more than 2500 years ago in ancient Greek mythology – brims with character and ambiguous depth that urges the viewer to “look beneath the surface” and realize the complexity of human character and personality.
Minos’ stern gaze through eyes that are weighed by the rigidity of the ego and the worries of the mind stand in stark contrast to his goal-oriented, vigorous posture and fierce demeanor.
Michael wanted to paint a complicated yet inspiring character study:
“The goal was to capture a man whose mind clearly leads with the force of a tyrant yet deep inside he is unsure of himself and his actions…
He is entangled with the pain of the past to the degree that he can’t see his wrong-doings and at the same time he presents himself as a man of diplomacy and clear-minded strategy – all in pretense of having control over his life and emotions (which he has not).
His gaze is directed to the past, while the rest of his body points to the future. His face seems to carry the potential for soulful depth yet his expression is weighed down by the pain he endured as well as the pain he has inflicted upon others… His hair is snow-white, so he appears to be quite old, right?
At the same time his skin and face don’t look too old to me – his appearance is a mixture between all kinds of dualities… ambiguous through and through.
I wanted to portray this man not in the original form – yes, it’s a character from the Greek Daedalus myth (and I’m writing a book that tells a new story about Daedalus, which is related to these paintings, hence the title “Chronicles of a Myth“) yet I wanted it to stand on its own as well.
That’s why I felt I needed to give him a different name, ‘King Minos’ didn’t sound powerful enough – so I used ‘Emperor Minos’ instead. I hope you enjoy this painting and I wish that this fine Artprint can add aesthetic value to your beautiful home!”
Techniques & Materials used for this Greek mythology painting
It’s a mixed-media painting – created with watercolor, gouache, alcohol markers, gel-pens, black ink and colored pencils.
After the ‘traditional’ part of the painting process the image was scanned in and loaded into a design-program.
The background (colors, splatters, rays, fog, crackles etc.) was then created with digital brushes.
The reason for using a mixed media approach is to give the painting a timeless look that combines the artist’s individual creative expression with tradtion.
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