Monday, March 7, 2011

Lucifer; The Light Carrier


When I was sharing a studio with a number of other illustrators some years ago we decided to produce a self promotional calendar.
I did this painting in response to the simple brief "Light" that we set for ourselves.
I found a print of it in my studio clear-out and enhanced the light effect in photoshop....the original was a bit lacklustre.
It's intriguing to me how Lucifer, the light carrier came to be one of the names associated with the Devil.
I was playing about a bit with preconceptions about light and dark, good and evil and even male and female in the image of an angel.

6 comments:

  1. Its beautiful P.J, Interesting to see "lucifer" as a carrier of light! And what a great job with the light, well done!

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  2. Dear PJ,
    Thank you for the eye catchy work. Very interesting to see the interpretation of Lucifer in a very positive way.
    Kind regards, Sadami

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  3. Excellent interpretation. Why in the world would someone be drawn to a thing with red skin, horns and a pointy tail?

    I don't see this as Lucifer in a positive way, though. I see it as a warning.

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  4. This is the Statue of Liberty. Not a coincidence. They all always been satanists.

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