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Make-Shift Angel IX: Once More

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"Make-Shift Angel IX: Once More Unto the Breach"
12 x 9"
Acrylic on canvas
Not for Sale
Signed prints are available in my Etsy shop! [link] Etsy Shop Special: Include the word "Angel" in the notes to the seller, and get a free surprise print with your order!

This piece has been entered in the magnificent Ellygator's "The Stuff of Nightmares" contest [link] .

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more...
--William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3, Scene I.

Yearning. It's not the beginning or ending, but the journey in between that holds the terror.

I normally finish work as quickly as feasibly possible for lack of time, fear of time, and interruptions. However, this piece actually sat 1/3 finished for nearly a year. After I finished the torso, I realized that the idea I originally had didn't suit it as well as I thought, but the figure work came out too well to simply paint over. Thus, I tucked him out of sight to prevent myself from ruining/overworking what I had done well, only to rescue him last week at long last.

When I painted my first "Make-Shift Angel" back in 2007, I didn't expect it to become a series, but time has proven otherwise.

The pose is courtesy of Sarah Simblet's fantastic book Anatomy for the Artist. The White Cliffs of Dover "posed" for the background courtesy of Wikipedia.

A few previous Make-Shift Angels:



My thanks once again to SilvieTstock's [link] wonderful collection of poses.

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fiorinosulaco's avatar
Beautiful message!