Heracles and the Nemean Lion

A painting based on the Twelve Labors of Heracles (Hercules). The slaying of th Nemean Lion was Heracles first labor. He went on to wear the lion's own impenetratable pelt as a coat of armor in his subsequent adventures.

Here is a decription of the development of this piece in my blog.

70 cm x 95 cm
oil on canvas
2009