St.Sebastian, 2012
oil on canvas and mixed media
280 x 60 x 80 cm
Monumental sculpture of a man wounded by
arrows. Title refers to the martyr of the same name,
often portrayed in art history as a youth, but
was actually an aging military. Survived miraculously
the injuries caused by the arrows, but suffered martyrdom later. This version shows
the old Major seemingly undaunted
by his injuries. Ignorance or heroism?
In either case there lies a sense of
soreness about the figure. The perspective is broadened by details
such as the feathers on the arrows
resembling budding leaves and strangely
feminine legs in relation to the heavy figure.