Europa

Or, "Lady and Bull." This one was tough, because I had to completely repaint the bull to make it show up on my scanner. Looked totally fine in the original before, now it's more slatey-blue. But the computer files are what you send around as an illustrator these days, so I treated it as an assigment that had to come through from my equipment, less than perfect as it is.

My favuorite part is the Gorgon sculpture, which is what looked the worst as the thing was being done. You can never tell. Still, it seems that a painting is never worthwhile unless there's a time when you absolutely give up hope on it, and are ready to call it a "learning experience."

And I do learn a lot from these elaborate pictures, even if I don't know if they're going anywhere, and they're not as salable as my sketchy, brushy cartoons. But learning to paint tough things, such as stone, metal, and white objects, plus whatever that dress is made of, is an interesting challenge. You can either avoid them completely, or risk falling on your face, and maybe solve the problem.