Dara Theodora | Contemporary Surrealist Artist

Illumination

Surreal painting of a woman with heterochromia and very blonde hair in a white headdress, resting her chin on her hand, while holding a paintbrush. There's a celestial blue background, gold patterns representing fan vaulting, and three stained glass windows that make up a white horse. A checkerboard floor and pyramids make up the midground. In the foreground a painted hole representing the circles of hell show burning buildings and figures groping at each other. An ink well spills into the circles of hell.

Artwork Details

Title: Illumination
Year: 2026
Medium: oil and egg tempera on board
Dimensions: 48″x48″
Status: Available

Description

Large mystical oil painting inspired by Canterbury Cathedral (where I had one of my first dates with my partner – evensong), The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, Dante’s Inferno, and guilt.

Also created a circle-based alphabet for this piece.