This is the first painting I ever sold. Ha! That sounds like I’ve sold lots of paintings, which isn’t the case. Like so many artists, I’m not good at marketing my product. I’m happy when I sell a painting but it doesn’t trouble me that I’ve not sold vast numbers of painting. Hey! I’ve sold more paintings than Vincent Van Gogh ever did!
This is another, entirely different, take on Bernini’s “Ecstasy of Saint Teresa.” One can still see the lolling head and panting mouth, as depicted by Bernini, but the entire atmosphere surrounding this representation of the ecstatic saint differs vastly from my previous painting. The previous painting is brutally graphic. It could be described as ugly. Whereas there’s something more mystical about this painting. Could be the pseudo stained glass abstraction which lends an element of the cloister to the imagery.
This painting is rendered in oils and Conte pastels on canvas. It is 90cm x 60cm (3ft x 2ft). Apologies for the poor quality of the image. It is a scan of a hardcopy photograph. I can’t take a digital photograph, because I no longer have access to the painting.
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa