About This Project

I have always been a fan of the work of some late Victorian artists.

Despite Britain being their homeland they chose subject matter set in a far-removed time and place.

So, their paintings in which characters inhabit ancient settings and go about their everyday lives are pure feats of the artists imagination.

This painting is in a similar vein. It began with a picture of white-domed structures and my imagination simply grew the whole damn thing from there.

To create these paintings I need resources. In this instance a host of ingredients necessary to cook-up, concoct and contrive the completed canvas.

I need figure drawing, facial expression, historical costume and artefacts, a plausible landscape and an atmosphere in which whatever is going to happen can happen. I need paraphernalia!

Back in the 19th. century artistic pursuits were the indulgence of  the well-heeled, upper class who also provided the patronage.

In the 21st. century we have technology. So, I don’t need to travel to far-flung citadels to sketch white-domes or photograph clothed models in studios.

Does that make pictures like this easier to paint these days? The answer is – No!.

I’ve called this ‘Infidelity.’

Judging by the demeanour of both male and female you, hopefully, will understand why.

And the question of who did what to who with whom is the mystery only you, dear viewer, can imagine or decipher.

Painting pictures, like life itself, ain’t easy!