By Aaron Burleson
Acrylic on canvas
25” x 50”
“This project began as a desire to paint a historical painting in the tradition of the Neoclassicists, with their restrained but grandiose drama. Inspired by Gregory Maguire’s Wicked novel, this work takes the American folk-mythology of Oz and stages it into a revisionist historical scene. In this part of the novel, the Wicked Witch, Elphaba, sends her companion dog to welcome the famous quartet of travelers to her castle, but is instead met with aggressive fear and ensuing violence. The original Frank L. Baum story also includes a slaughter of the Witch’s companion dogs.” - Aaron Burleson
By Aaron Burleson
Acrylic on canvas
25” x 50”
“This project began as a desire to paint a historical painting in the tradition of the Neoclassicists, with their restrained but grandiose drama. Inspired by Gregory Maguire’s Wicked novel, this work takes the American folk-mythology of Oz and stages it into a revisionist historical scene. In this part of the novel, the Wicked Witch, Elphaba, sends her companion dog to welcome the famous quartet of travelers to her castle, but is instead met with aggressive fear and ensuing violence. The original Frank L. Baum story also includes a slaughter of the Witch’s companion dogs.” - Aaron Burleson