The Sacrifice Begins

What you're seeing is prep work on a new 24x48 inch canvas.

Tentatively called, "The Sacrifice," this painting will be one of the "Transitional Canvases" in the Exigency storyline. As such it's being primed with a neutral gray gesso to receive it's mid-tone background.

Nudity will continue to represent the vulnerability of our 'hero,' and the precarious nature of self-discovery through trial and error under the influences of peer pressure and/or unquestioned social mores.

Limited-edition, giclée reproductions of the original graphite study will be made available at a special price to subscribers of Interface, with the general release to the public sometime in mid-December. (See My eGallery Online - link at right - for subscription information and to see the sketch - at least until I move on to the next painting... click on "Latest Work In Progress" at the top of my website homepage.)

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the models who made this painting possible: Richard, who posed for the initial sketches, and a new model who worked with me last weekend, allowing me to refine the original concept and get this painting underway. Both deserve acknowledgement for their patience and hard work. These poses aren't easy to maintain!

Cheers!