Scales of Justice

This is a recent painting of a figure that has been called Scales of Justice. In Greek mythology Themis was a bringer of balance and righter of wrongs……the embodiment of justice, right, and custom. This was the basis for the female figure that holds the scales while stepping on a serpent and wielding a sword, a symbol of power. I decided to give it to my niece Christina who is a paralegal and in addition, one of her sons is a lawyer.