How to make money out of painting legends
l FILLING THE GAPS OF HISTORY
l MAKING ORDINARY THINGS EXTRAORDINARY
l ILLUSTRATING FABLES AND LEGENDS
l RECONSTRUCTING LANDSCAPES OF TIMES PAST
l PAINTING PORTRAITS AND COMMISSIONS
l PAINTING FOR DECORATION3. Illustrating Fables and Legends
Painters have been doing this for ever - from cave painters to artists at the end of the 20th Century. Sadly there is
little of it today but... this gives the versatile and patient painter an excellent chance to fill the gap!
To understand the importance of such paintings as Gerome's 'Police Verso', shown above, one only needs to
understand that the whole visual feel and detail of the very successful 'Gladiators' movie was, according to the
director Ridley Scott, based entirely around such 1890's work. It is a shame Gerome is not around to claim his
legacy. Someone who was however is H R Giger whose paintings and drawings were the inspiration for Scott's
'Alien' movies. These works in turn related back to Goya and Blake's 19th century gothic works.
Others might include:
l Any Shakespearean theme
l St. George and the Dragon
l The Pied Piper
l The Homeric Epics
l The Old Man and the Sea.
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