I wanted to create a pastoral scene reminiscent of the renaissance period with the sunset mountains in the background with two scene's from Caravaggio; the 'Ecstasy of Saint Francis' and 'Saint Francis in Meditation' in the foreground. I have used the symbolism of the flowers to represent the transience of life set in contrast with the skull. Similar to my paintings of knights, I have a protagonist, a hero, who in this case is Saint Francis. He is a saviour-like figure who offers a faint flicker of hope in a world of impending darkness.
- Subject Matter: Landscape, classical
- Created: 2012
- Collections: Religious