Original artwork description:

40 cm in diameter (round canvas) - paper and acrylic on canvas - 2021

This painting is directly inspired by "Head of a woman wearing ram's horns", known as "La Bacchante", a tondo by Jean-Léon Gérôme, dated 1853. I had already made a copy of this painting during my master's degree and it It was important to me to pay tribute to this painter whom I appreciate very much. Obviously, I completely deviated from my original idea. As usual, what. Basically, I wanted to make a profile with nice, well-rolled horns, to recall the round support. And I end up with a three-quarter face and horns that unfold like airplane wings.
I chose the first name "Virginie" for this painting because it is the name of the manager of the restaurant "La Chèvre qui Rit", in Colmar, where I currently exhibit paintings. Goat, ram, did you get the connection? Virginia is also one of the States of the United States of America where colonization was laborious, in particular on the island of Roanoke. Aren't Aries known in astrology to be stubborn, aggressive, brave and independent?
The Amerindian Pocahontas also lived with her tribe of Powhatans in the region which was renamed Virginia when the Settlers arrived. On March 22, 1622, the Indians rebelled and massacred a quarter of the settled Colonists.

The canvas is varnished and equipped with a hanging system.

Materials used:

Paper and Acrylic on Canvas

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