Alex Ledante
In some mythologies, there is an angel assigned to preside over each part of creation. Apparently this fellow is meant to preside over secrets. The blindfold signifies that he is only meant to keep them, not peek at them. I guess. I have no idea; after introducing the ribbons to give the piece a nice Renaissance feeling, it seemed like a blindfold would compliment the theme, so it just showed up. It wasn’t even in the earlier versions…
And the modesty ribbon was only there to tease my female fans and I didn’t want to do a fig leaf. The drips finding and losing edges was intended from the beginning, as was the ruined fresco look. I am also quite taken with the hermetic halo, and will probably pursue that notion in future works. Please look forward to it!
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Do you believe in angels?
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Yes
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No
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This is just the sort of thing I was doing in college- paint drips, abstract backgrounds, bold figures in the foreground…
I do believe in angels.
and they believe in you
The blindfold was a great add for the keeping of secrets. And I do believe in angels.
That ribbon really ties the piece together…
Your works are in accordance with that title. The title itself I can think of as a metaphor for ourselves, consciously or unconsciously, always keeps a secret (of life). Do you see or realize your own angels? For me, it is not mythology.
I like the idea of the ribbon!
I only see angels when I draw them
Okay, okay, I will not force you to see the angel outside of what you paint.
If you could point me at something that I’d recognize as an angel, I wouldn’t complain…
We must learn to paint to be able to paint, as we have to learn to see angels
How nice of you to say
It’s my college look