SHE JUST DOESN’T SEE THE APPEAL IN IT.

Building from the original work that features The Angel, I would continue to use her as a figure of study. However, this did not exempt her from being a tool of expression nor conceptually evolving into a character of sorts.

Here I would pose her a bit more actively. She looks similarly disinterested as she did in the first piece but now with some sort of focus. Though her recoiling body language and slightly more feathered wings may also suggest potential alarm and or disgust.

The gun is a Bren light machine gun. A gun used by Britain in the 1930s – 1990s.

What could that mean? Many ideas circulated through my head. A dislike for guns? A dislike for Britain? Maybe not only Britain but imperialism? A dislike for war?

None are wrong, none really contradict each other either. None when the artwork falls from my hands are necessarily set either.

However, whatever it is. Laser focused or broad, she doesn’t seem too impressed with these strictly human ideas.

While my own expressions could be hunted for within this piece, the goal wasn’t a statement necessarily. It was also to see how others would take it. To my surprise, I was given a few interpretations from some of those who had seen it when first shown. From the topics I had made it with in mind, to other broad but connecting topics like anger towards The Military Industrial Complex. Some saw The Angel as vengeful, some as indifferent. Some saw it politically, some philosophically.

Some saw it as just a pretty picture.

It was intriguing to see unfold.

In terms of technical goals, the work was a further exploration of my faux 3d painting style.

Weirdly, going from formless to form was teaching me so much about how to be better whenever I’d try starting with form again.

I was learning a lot about anatomy and the flow of lines, despite the lack of any line work or actual underlying sketch.

The monochromatic nature of the character also helped me hone my skills within lighting values.