Mr. Rochester and his Brides

Since I painted Heathcliff on his own, I realized that I had never painted Mr. Rochester on his own either. I wanted to remedy that.

I knew that I had to bring both Jane and Bertha into the picture, but I didn't want to make them too much of a focus. I decided that they worked best as ghostly and almost shadow-like figures because I wanted to depict his triangle between them, which is also why I used oak branches for framing. I wanted it to reflect the oak tree that splits in half during the storm after he proposes to Jane, symbolizing his dilemma between his duty to Bertha and his passion for Jane.