Sunday, October 25, 2015

Styx - New Stages

More recent work...

Styx Part Two

After another stage

The River Styx

My newest project, originally began over two years ago...the idea, the concept began then...it is one of two companion pieces...originally titled "Heaven" and "Hell", I decided to start with "Hell" (now renamed as "The River Styx").  The background should evoke Hades along with stalactites and stalagmites....but along the way, searching for images I came along a surprising number of photographs of young people, especially children, in Halloween-style costumes of devils...done even in a seductive way.  The Devil, Old Nick, the Temptating One having parents whore their children out for a few bucks, wearing Devil costumes...what would their Lord think?  What would their ancestors think of their little children, with no say in it, being dressed as devils for a dollar?