Angel Drawing

This expressionistic angel is my emotional interpretation of a spiritual theme. Spiritual themes are very common to the art of painting. From Giotto to William Blake and further many great artists gave us their “human view” on transcendent subjects. The “human” part of this character is in his emotion. His movement and face expression conveys the feeling of inner tension. Nevertheless, within this expressive movement there is a certain calm. If you look at him a bit longer you’ll notice, that the pose is close to the fetal position and he even makes the gesture of blessing with his hand – a classic gesture from Byzantine art. The arc shape in the top of the composition is also a reference to iconography.