Just had an epiphany while watching a dance performance last night. 2 couples were dancing, some time half nude, sometimes all nude. But that wasn't what struck me as great. They did this one long pose, where the man was on a block and the women were around him. It looked so religious, all I could think of was a Pieta (pity) scene of Jesus Christ being prepared for burial. His disciples had left him, and the women were left to prepare the body. His mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. The painting just jumped into my creative mind; two women forming a pyramid over the prostate dead Christ, both pulling the shroud over Him, tenderness and other conflicting emotions evident. Dramatic lighting. I have been working on the sketch and will contact models to do the final painting and hope it proves to be as powerful as my first image. I don't usually do religious paintings...
