A wine baptism administered by family and society, commemorating one’s sudden push to leadership. One cannot serve many people without first believing in their own abilities.
This was a painting for a client whom, after a great many years of involvement in an organization, found himself being elevated to a leadership role, and had to discover new levels of self-trust in order to move forward into that role.
This piece was a fairly long project, with a lot of work put in to make the mystical and archaic aspects of the atmosphere ring true to the actual ritual the client experienced. Originally, I wasn’t even sure I would post this piece, since it seemed too strange and esoteric for many people to connect to, but I was taken aback by people’s enthusiastic responses to it— it has quickly become one of my most popular paintings to date!
This piece is available as a letter print, or as a full 16” x 20” canvas print.
Thank you for your enthusiasm, folks.
-J