Before the Deluge

This is a painting I did a few years ago and decided to try it again to see if I can make it better. Several years of renewed study and many, many paintings later, well, you be the judge.

8 x 10 oil on gessobord

When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person that walked in. That's what the storm's all about.

~ Haruki Murakami