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“…The faults of war vs the bells of peace
Is the rise and fall that called you near
To these arms of brick & stone and storied years
To aid these streets despite your fears
Mending the wrongs of centuries lost, of centuries sewn
And the cold slow wounds of children less dear…”
The Maid of Orleans (Act One), first concept drawing - created in Moscow.
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The Maid of Orleans (Act One)
oil on panel bound with early 19th century Black Forest carved frame
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"...standing in the midst of how the past appears
Surrounded by sovereigns and all of their fears
Stays a child so kind among her vigorous peers
As the world around her thus disappears...”
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"...And soon, when you've known a bit of bedlam, of discord and illusion, and because you will grow headstrong and fraught again and again before the nightstars shine, you might hark the words of Mothers, of Fathers, of all the fools hereof, and who flood you with their love."
BÉHéMOTH, The smallest painting (by dimensions) that I've painted...so far. Oil on wood, bound with an antiquated English frame, dated to around 1750.