The Consolation of the Sea
acrylic and coloured pencil on D'Arches 155 hot press watercolour paper, 16x20 inches.

This painting is available for purchase at the Collector's Gallery, Lexington, KY

This painting was inspired also by sculptural objects seen at the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh. A sarcophagus bore on each corner a small statue such as the one painted here. As I looked at them, I could not help thinking they possessed a monumental quality greater than their actual size. So I painted the figure as though she were as large as something that might have been seen on the Parthenon.