"Lucifer in Starlight" 1998
Watercolor on Bristol Board


This was an experiment in a new medium for me and was inspired by a poem done in 1883 by George Meredith of the same name:

"On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose
Tired of his dark dominion swung the feind
Above the rolling ball in cloud part screened,
Where sinners hugged their spectre of repose.
Poor prey to his hot fit of pride were those.
And now upon his western wing he leaned,
Now his huge bulk o'er Afric's sands careened,
Now the black planet shadowed Artic snows.
Soaring through wider zones that pricked his scars
With memory of the revolt from awe,
He reached a middle height, and at the stars,
Which are the brain of heaven, he looked, and sank.
Around the ancient track marched, rank on rank,
The army of unalterable law."

 

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