Dragon The First
24" x 12" Acrylic on Studio Canvas
24" x 12" Acrylic on Studio Canvas
Dragon The First
24" x 12" Acrylic on Studio Canvas
24" x 12" Acrylic on Studio Canvas
This painting is the first in the series, and was significant step for me to complete.
Dragons are mythological monsters, and every culture on earth has one in some form. Eastern and Asian dragons tend to be helpful and benign creatures, filled with wisdom and luck for whomever should meet one, whilst dragons in the Western world are creatures of fire and flame, avarice and destruction.
In all cases, they are elemental, supernatural creatures mystically tied to the land.
For me, I began this painting just before the Pandemic began, on the 1st of March, 2020.
-Regarding this time, I will only say that this painting helped me cope with the world around me, offered me an escape, a discipline and a path that led me to the other paintings in this set.
Coloring this in anchored me after 6 months of Pandemic chaos; and held deep personal meaning for me.
I began thinking about a continuing series, about the future. I did not have these present works in mind yet, but this was the spark that sent me on looking for them.
My source reference was the dragon from a fantastic old film, 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' from 1958. I've loved this dragon ever since I was a kid, and was really bummed about the whole thing when he dies at the end of the movie. Check this movie out some day, -good times!!
-Supporting pics and a video of this piece below, to share my process with you further.
Dragons are mythological monsters, and every culture on earth has one in some form. Eastern and Asian dragons tend to be helpful and benign creatures, filled with wisdom and luck for whomever should meet one, whilst dragons in the Western world are creatures of fire and flame, avarice and destruction.
In all cases, they are elemental, supernatural creatures mystically tied to the land.
For me, I began this painting just before the Pandemic began, on the 1st of March, 2020.
-Regarding this time, I will only say that this painting helped me cope with the world around me, offered me an escape, a discipline and a path that led me to the other paintings in this set.
Coloring this in anchored me after 6 months of Pandemic chaos; and held deep personal meaning for me.
I began thinking about a continuing series, about the future. I did not have these present works in mind yet, but this was the spark that sent me on looking for them.
My source reference was the dragon from a fantastic old film, 'The 7th Voyage of Sinbad' from 1958. I've loved this dragon ever since I was a kid, and was really bummed about the whole thing when he dies at the end of the movie. Check this movie out some day, -good times!!
-Supporting pics and a video of this piece below, to share my process with you further.
NOTE: In my Video below, my comments reflect my process at the time. (As this was my first one, I did not know I was making a series back then! :)