Corinne Geertsen (American, born 1953)

Saint George and the Dragon (2023)

Digital Photo Collage, 11 x 14 inches

Edition of 20

The Saint George legend is a hero story that’s over a thousand years old.

Saint George is usually on a white horse, but here the horse is loose. The horse does not want to be involved.

Saint George and the dragon are in bumper cars for their epic battle. Saint George’s is red and white, as the Saint George flag is a red cross on a white background.

The mandatory distressed maiden in Saint George and the Dragon paintings is in a boat the dragon has just blasted.

This work is a rascally take on the grand theme of good and evil. Saint George is good, showered by flowers, butterflies and bubbles. The dragon is evil—he’s black smoke, bats’ wings and holds a match in the curl of his tail.

Who will win? Place your bets.

About the artist: Corinne Geertsen has been making digital photo collages since 2008. Her

work is in museums and galleries across the country and private collections around the world.

Geertsen has photographed and collected over 70,000 images of backdrops, sidekicks and

belongings. She assembles them digitally into narrative images. Lately she’s been addressing themes in art history, such as Saint George and the Dragon.

She prints her work herself in small editions on archival photo paper.