Saint Eulalia in Cardiac Arrest (After Waterhouse), 2024
Oil on panel
41x51cm
Inspired by John William Waterhouse ‘Saint Eulalia’. The original story depicts the martyrdom of the young Saint Eulalia of Merida, a 12 year old Roman Christian who was stripped, tortured...
Inspired by John William Waterhouse ‘Saint Eulalia’. The original story depicts the martyrdom of the young Saint Eulalia of Merida, a 12 year old Roman Christian who was stripped, tortured and burned to death. Her body was cast out where a dove flew from her mouth and snow began to fall to shroud her body. It’s a dark legend reflecting the historic vulnerability of women in a gendered world. In this rendering the death of Eulalia is turned into a rebirth, the yellow dove echoing the yellow of the AED cabinet on the column to her right, the snow vibrating with the life being shocked back into her.