Cowboy part 3: the final resurrection

Before I show you the shiny finished product, let us take another look at where it was before.

Shudder. This painting took the downright scenic path to completion. And for an entire year, it spent it's middling existence being 'sort of' finished. So once I started working on it, I decided to make a little change and ended up painting the entire canvas over again.

Am I happy I did? Oh yes.

Is it a better painting? Ten times better.

Would I do it again? I think next time I'll work on a clearer image before executing the final.

Am I going to paint over all of my old paintings now? Of course. Scarlet Letter, your number is up.

Just kidding.

Past Projects 1

This is the first piece I did this fall. A cover for The Scarlet Letter, o' course. Not the most lively story, mind you. So I found it difficult to get a really exciting moment to illustrate. The climactic end speech really wouldn't do. Spoilers on the cover? Taboo, good sir! 

Thankfully the very first scene in the book does much the same thing, setting poor Hester on a pedestal in the middle of the town square amidst angry lookers-on. I wanted an epic-ness to this tale of hidden sin and evil deeds. Puritans really resist being made epic, though. 

It's about 24"x32", oil on canvas board.