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Medusa Print

Reclaiming Medusa’s Story: one of survival, defiance and power.

An A4 or A3 print on canvas paper

£45.00 – £60.00

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The story behind the artwork
More than a monster, Medusa was a survivor. This painting reclaims her as a symbol of feminine rage, transformation, and sacred defiance. What history called a curse was her protection – a body no man could violate again. For that, she was feared. Her pain was rewritten, dismissed, and used against her, ensuring those who harmed her remained unaccountable. Her beheading wasn’t a triumph – it was an act of control. Medusa’s story echos through generations of women whose strength was turned into something dangerous, whose survival was treated as a threat. Yet, despite every attempt to silence her, her power endured.
Visual elements

By removing her head, this painting challenges the myth that Medusa's power lay only in her gaze. Her body - textured, grounded, eternal - now tells the story. The snakes entwine with her body, not as a curse, but as an extension of her - protective, intimate, alive. Paint drips like blood across her skin, symbolising both suffering and transformation. These marks do not diminish her; they become part of her, an emblem of pain alchemised into strength. The chaotic background reflects the distortion of her story over time. Against it, her figure remains still and powerful. Gold accents suggest the divine feminine strength and power that is sacred, no matter how the world tries to suppress it.

Meaning and intent

This painting is a reflection on how women's pain, anger and autonomy have been rewritten to serve patriarchal myths. Medusa was possessed, punished and destroyed when she could no longer be controlled. Her story mirrors the way women's power has been feared, vilified and erased. However, power like hers cannot be extinguished. Her transformation from victim to survivor stands as a metaphor for every woman who has ever reclaimed her voice, her body, her truth. This work invites you to pause, reflect, and feel. To see beyond the myth, and into the enduring strength that still lives beneath it.