Category Archives: Angel

The skulls at the centre are complete, so I’ve moved to the right hand side of the painting, where I’m working my way up toward the horizon. I started putting a little shadow in the distance, leaving the most distant … Continue reading →

Arriving at home last night was wonderful! Although spending some time in Britain was profoundly rewarding, including the best visit to Stonehenge I have ever made, with a beautiful sunset so powerful that it felt as if I could hear … Continue reading →

A big day today, with many skulls added to the foreground accompanied by loud music and plenty of tea. I’m feeling quite optimistic that I’ll be able to find a few more really solid days of work this week, which … Continue reading →

I’m back in the studio and in better shape, but still misfiring now and then. The bone painting machine is going in full force now, filling the lower half of the canvas with crania. A pigment note – I picked … Continue reading →

Here are the first few skulls – they will spread like a virus to fill the entire landscape behind the skeleton, while he strides forward trampling on the fallen. In the bottom left I’m planning on painting vegetation that is … Continue reading →

I made it all the way across the painting above the first foreground grouping of skulls, but have yet to fill in the space to the lower left of them. That flu I had last week seems to have come … Continue reading →

I’ve moved the angel back to the big easel, while at the other end of the studio the Traveler waits to be removed from the wooden panel he’s stapled to right now. Returning to the angel feels pretty natural, even after … Continue reading →