Jupiter and Io

Although inspired by Antonio da Coreggio’s 16th century painting painting of Jupiter’s secretive seduction of Io, priestess of Juno and daughter of the river god Inachus, in this work I wanted to offer a more female-empowering and sensitive interpretation of the story. Here Io is purposefully depicted on her own, a figure of contemplation and strength, curiously reaching out, mesmerised and drawn by the allure of the dark clouds (representing a stormy and possibly illegal love)...