2022

Oil on canvas

72 x 25

A surreal landscape portrays a hare as an armored knight astride a snail with a human head in a barren field leading towards a distant sunset. An unusual, elongated tree with red foliage appears to be walking on its roots towards the horizon. This painting was inspired by a weird bit of marginalia I discovered in a medieval manuscript on the Internet. The painting also contains a quote from a work by the dystopian surrealist painter Zdzisław Beksiński. In addition, I experimented with perspective and glazing. It's a big, bold, dramatic piece!