"AB LUCI" (From Light)

For this painting, I have to start by saying that I am greatly fascinated with the mythology and history of angels and fallen angels. I conceived an idea to create a triptych that would depict the battle between the forces of Light and Darkness with stained glass window representations of them and that is how this painting triptych was born.

AB LUCI is Latin for "From [the] Light" and this illustration is the first in the triptych series of paintings depicting the Battle of Light and Shadow

AB LUCI shows a female angel wielding a partizan entwined with dark blue ribbons with a flight of white doves flying around her. She is dressed in pale blue and has reddish blonde hair with a halo around her. For the background I wanted a scene of the sun rising over the land and I found inspiration from a stained glass work of art called The Dawning of the Last Day by Frederick Ashwin, that was done in 1871.

The next painting in the triptych series is called "IN UMBRAM" (Into Shadow). The Final painting in this triptych series will be titled "BELLUM LUCIS ET UMBRAE", Latin for "The Battle of Light and Shadow".

AB LUCI is currently being re-designed & re-painted.

To see a step by step process on the creation of this painting click here.

Medium: watercolor, gouache & pastels on Crescent™ No. 110 Cold Press board
Original size: 20x26