Here is my current painting as it looked on August 19th. This painting is for the upcoming show at Porter Mill show with the theme of the Iliad and Odyssey. This painting will become part of a series of literary-themed paintings that I have wandered in to creating by participating in a number of shows with literary themes: "Moby Dick", "Alice in Wonderland", "Scarlet Letter" and a "Midsummer Night's Dream" so far.
My painting for the show on Homer represents the shield of Achilles, inscribed with the opening line of the Iliad, as translated by Robert Fagles.:
"Rage -- Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaens countless losses hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls."
In this photo taken on Aug 19, you can see the inscription again The day before I had added a barely transparent layer of gold paint over the letters. So the next day, I went over the lettering again. Now the painting was beginning to take shape. There is a lot of cleanup to do, but this is the basic idea.
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