In this work the artist once again turns to the myth. In the Ancient Greek mythology Scylla and Charybdis are two monsters that lived on steep rocks on both sides of a narrow strait between Italy and Sicily and killed sailors that were passing by. Staying between Scylla and Charybdis means being in mortal danger coming simultaneously from both sides. Antic mosaics and bas-reliefs depicted Scylla as a rageful woman. Charybdis, often depicted as a man, personified a dangerous whirlpool. In Homer’s “Odyssey” Scylla’s rock was sky-high and there was a cave in it from which the treacherous Scylla was looking out. In some myths Scylla is described as a beautiful girl loved by Glaucus, but the sorceress Circe fell in love with Glaucus herself. Because of her jealousy she poisoned the pool where Scylla bathed and Scylla was transformed into a frightful monster.
In his work the artist gives the Antic myth a surrealistic interpretation. At the same time he creates the atmosphere of an enigma, a secret in the painting and
elaborates upon his favourite topic: metamorphoses, transformation, conversion of energy, death and birth.
