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"And there great coils of serpents met my sight, This work is a grouping of 3 separate large paintings that can be hung together. The paintings depict a scene from Dante's "Inferno". The two poets have entered the 7th Bolgia of Hell and encounter a great mass of serpents, binding the souls punished for thievery. Poets in the Pit of Thieves, latex paint on canvas, grouping of 3 paintings, 2017 Left hand painting: Dante, latex paint on canvas, 36 x 48" Middle painting: Virgil, latex paint on canvas, 43 x 55" Right hand painting: Serpents, latex paint on canvas, 36 x 48"
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My ongoing "Quirks of Inspiration" series (previous posts here & here) aims to feature one of my recent pieces and note the (usually unintentional) connections to a famous work that I greatly admire. Below is another example: 2013 latex figure painting Capaneus scaling the Theban walls. I set out to capture the posture of a figure pulling itself up. The title came afterward - referencing the character from Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes. Capaneus scaling the Theban walls, latex paint on canvas, 47" x 25" (diptych), 2013, private collection, West Bloomfield, MI Once the painting was done, I noted the position of the arms, the tilt of the head and torso. It struck me that the placement of these features was similar in spirit to the ones in Egon Schiele's self portrait as St. Sebastian. Egon Schiele, Self Portrait as St. Sebastian, pencil on paper, 12.7" x 19", 1914 I've always loved this drawing and the similar painting Schiele made for a Galerie Arnot exhibition in 1915. Its easy to see how they could make such a lasting impression on my work. Egon Schiele, Self Portrait as St. Sebastian (poster), gouache, black crayon and ink on cardboard, 19.6" x 26", 1915
Ephialtes, latex paint on canvas, 43" x 55", 2014 Man with pink shape, latex paint and cut paper on canvas, 17" x 20", 2014
Drawing 257, charcoal and pastel on paper, 9" x 12", 2014 Drawing 258, charcoal and pastel on paper, 11" x 14", 2014 Drawing 259, charcoal and pastel on paper, 11" x 14", 2014 Drawing 260, conte on paper, 9" x 12", 2014
Drawing 245, pastel and graphite on paper, 9" x 12", 2014 Drawing 246, charcoal on paper, 9" x 12", 2014 Drawing 247, charcoal on paper, 11" x 14", 2014 Drawing 248, charcoal on paper, 9" x 12", 2014
Drawing 235, charcoal on paper, 11" x 14", 2014 Drawing 234, charcoal on paper, 11" x 14", 2014 Drawing 233, charcoal and pastel on paper, 9" x 12", 2014
Drawing 232, conte on paper, 9" x 12", 2014 Drawing 231, charcoal and pastel on paper, 9" x 12", 2014 Drawing 230, charcoal on paper, 9" x 12", 2014 Drawing 229, charcoal on paper, 9" x 12", 2014
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