Blessed Mother

Acrylic on Canvas. Painted this as a gift when my brother was in the seminary. Obviously it is Mary from Michaelangelo's Pieta. I painted this before I started using underpainting and layering techniques and painted it a small section at a time. With each hour of painting I became more amazed that he had carved this out of a hard slab of marble! Chipping away and polishing this wonderful masterpiece. I became enthralled. I read every book I could find on Michaelangelo. When I went to Europe for the first time I spent three days in Florence to see as much of his work as possible. I hope that someday I can create something that had a fraction of the beauty and impact on humanity.