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Mark Karasick
Paeon, 2022
Encaustic (microcrystalline wax and pigment) on archival inkjet
37 x 53 cm
14 5/8 x 20 7/8 in
14 5/8 x 20 7/8 in
AP
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Paeon saved Pluto with a white liquid extracted from the root of a peony. Paeon’s teacher Ascelepius was jealous of his student outsmarting him and threatened to kill him. Zeus...
Paeon saved Pluto with a white liquid extracted from the root of a peony. Paeon’s teacher Ascelepius was jealous of his student outsmarting him and threatened to kill him. Zeus felt compassion for Paeon and saved him by turning him into a beautiful flower, the peony.