Pygmalion Edition IV, 2025

Magic Realism Series

Oil on canvas

100 x 80 cm

39 x 31 in

In mythology, Pygmalion was a sculptor who created a beautiful statue of a woman, whom he named Galatea. He fell deeply in love with his creation and prayed to the goddess Aphrodite to bring her to life, a wish she granted.

This myth was masterfully adapted by George Bernard Shaw in his play Pygmalion. Shaw reimagines the story in early 20th-century London, centering it around Covent Garden. Pygmalion takes the form of Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetics expert, and Galatea becomes Eliza Doolittle. Rather than sculpting from marble, Higgins "molds" Eliza through language and manners.