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Today I’m releasing this limited edition 531/2500 Jody Fulks Sjogren artwork titled Metaphor 1 : the 1st labor of Hercules. It is a lithograph in perfect condition. It's measures 26 1/2 x 23.
about the Artist
Jody Fulks Sjogren’s interest in aviation and the natural world led to a series of metamorphic works for which she is best known. The prints depict transformations between winged creatures or myth god and aircraft. "Falconfyre," says Fulks Sjogren, "expresses that irresistible association between the peregrine, a flying creature placed here by God, and the F-16, a flying machine designed by the imagination and skill of men. Both birds are the epitome of their kind: powerful, majestic, combining the highest powers of speed and maneuverability with massive, warlike strength."
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/artists/sjogren/index.html
About the Art
Initially designed to be answer the U.S. military's need for a rugged medium transport aircraft, the C-130 Hercules has proved itself capable of a bewildering array of missions since its appearance in the mid-1950's.
Named after Hercules, favorite hero of Greek classical mythology, the C-130 has surpassed in number, if not in originality, the famous Twelve Labors assigned to its mythological namesake.
In this visual "metaphor", aviation artist Jody Fulks Sjogren creates a dramatic image of the C-130 at the moment of lift-off from an unimproved dirt airstrip. Out of the dust cloud which billows up around the aircraft emerges Hercules, the mythical character, wrestling the man-eating Lion of Nemea in the first of his twelve labors. Above this scenario, a statuesque portrait of Hercules views the action with an almost rational calm. According to the legend, he will earn his immortality by successfully completing the twelve superhuman labors assigned to him by King Eurystheus.
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