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Medusa

Although the painting is principally an abstract work of art, within the composition that suggests a storm at sea, can be seen the prow of a ship, shown as a dark silhouette. The painting evokes the theme of shipwreck, and the title relates this work to Theodore Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa.

  • Crawford Gallery
  • Hughie O'Donoghue
  • evokes Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa; painting; shipwreck; narrative; storm; foreboding; sea; waves; tempest
  • Abstract Expressionist
  • paintings (visual works)
  • Oil and mixed media on canvas
  • canvas (textile material)
  • mixed media