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"Into the trees" (Rape of Io) Signed, titled, dated 92 and numbered 4 on the reverse Pigmented beeswax on canvas, 152.6 x 137.2 cm Provenance: - Galerie Barbara Faber, Amsterdam (1993) - Private collection, the Netherlands Literature: R. Crone en D. Moos, The rape of Io, Sable-Castelli Gallery, Toronto/Galerie Barbara Faber, Amsterdam, 1993, (ill.) N.B.: Scherman has used the Greek-Roman mythological stories about abductions and rape as a guideline for a series of works. Scherman did not, as artists from the sixteenth and seventeenth century did, depict the mythology as literally as possible. In a series of separate images he rather evokes an atmosphere loosely connected to the story, such as a portrait in close-up. Although his scenes are traditional, his method of painting is not. Practically all his paintings are made using liquid beeswax mixed with pigment, as a result of which he has to work very quickly. Each painting therefore has a deep glow, as if the light is produced by the colour itself. Scherman for this reason has been called a post impressionist, who has looked very closely at Roman frescoes. Due to his theatrical effects his works can also be labelled as baroque.