DROMEDA™ Caravaggio's David With the Head of Goliath | Skateboard Deck Triptych

THE ARTIST

CARAVAGGIO

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born in 1571 and became one of the most influential painters of his generation.

At a time when religious painting was often idealised, Caravaggio took a radically different approach. He painted saints, sinners and biblical figures with the bodies, faces and imperfections of real people.

His use of concentrated light against deep darkness gave his paintings an extraordinary physical presence. Figures do not simply occupy the canvas. They emerge from it.

Caravaggio's own life was almost as dramatic as his paintings. Violence, conflict and exile followed him through his later years, during which some of his most emotionally complex works were created.

David with the Head of Goliath belongs to that late period. Rather than presenting David simply as a victorious hero, Caravaggio creates a scene filled with ambiguity, pity, violence and introspection.

Four centuries later, it still feels confrontational.

THE RECOMPOSITION

RECOMPOSED ACROSS
THREE DECKS

DROMEDA takes the original composition beyond the conventional frame.

Rather than reproducing the painting as a single rectangle, the image has been carefully positioned across three individual skateboard decks. The spaces between the boards become part of the composition.

Light, darkness and the relationship between David and Goliath move across three separate physical objects while remaining connected as a single work.

Viewed directly from the front, the image resolves into Caravaggio's composition. Move around it and the maple edges, concave forms and separation between each deck begin to take over.

THE CONSTRUCTION

SEVEN LAYERS
OF MAPLE

A genuine skateboard deck — not simply the shape of one.

Each DROMEDA deck is constructed from seven laminated layers of maple, pressed together to create the strength, curvature and profile of a genuine skateboard deck.

Look closely at the edge and those individual layers remain visible.

This is important to us. The skateboard isn't simply a shape onto which an artwork has been printed. Its construction is part of the piece.

Each deck retains the defining characteristics of a skateboard: its laminated maple construction, concave profile, raised nose and tail, rounded edge and truck mounting holes.

The artwork is applied across the face of each deck and finished with a satin surface that allows the image to retain its depth without the high-gloss appearance of a conventional reproduction.

Seven laminated layers remain visible along the edge of the deck.

SCALE & FORM

THE OBJECT

Three individual 31 × 8 inch decks form the complete triptych.

The result sits somewhere between painting, sculpture and an object from skate culture.

From directly in front, the three images resolve into Caravaggio's composition.

Move around the piece and the experience changes. The curvature of the decks becomes visible. The maple edges appear. Shadows form behind each board.

What initially reads as an image begins to reveal itself as a three-dimensional object.

READY TO HANG

Everything you need to securely display your artwork is included in the purchase.

30-DAY GUARANTEE

MADE TO
LIVE WITH

Art can look very different on a product page than it does once it occupies your own space.

That is why every DROMEDA Triptych is covered by our 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee.

Once your piece arrives, you have 30 days to see it in your home and decide whether it belongs there. If it isn't right for your space, contact us within 30 days of delivery to arrange a return in accordance with our returns policy.

We want you to keep the piece because you genuinely want to live with it — not because you're stuck with it.