THE TRUE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD

This painting represents a particular take on the Robin Hood legend that I have been writing. I started roughing out a story in the mid 1990s and recall reading an interview with Angelina Jolie, early in her career, where she mentioned she would love to play ‘Robin Hood’. This reinforced my faith in my concept.

Over the years, in researching the story, I have visited the city of Nottingham and Sherwood Forest, and read up on the original (documented) stories and ‘history’. Only a handful of the elements that we now expect from a ‘Robin Hood’ story are in these original. simple tales. We will probably never know the truth - and if we do it may turn out to be a let down - and the lack of ‘official’ material has inspired me to create an original story that is true to the spirit to the legend. The title ‘The True Legend’ is intentionally anachronistic. The truth is what you believe, or what you want to believe.

Robin Hood si the original super hero, with a secret identity and fighting for right, fighting on behalf of the underdog.