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Long Journey

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I have always loved the stories of Arthurian Legend and paintings of knights so I have been anxious to do an image like this for some time. At last, I felt I was able to tackle amour and all of its reflective qualities. It was a challenge to get it to look right and in the 20 some hours this image took me to paint, at least 15 were spent rendering the amour.

I found most of my inspiration came from illustrations by John Howe and the Pre-Raphaelite painters, the title from the song by Enya “Long, long journey”.

Inspiration images are:
Sir Galahad by George Frederic Watts
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The Witch King by John Howe
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The Legend of Sir Perceval By Frank Cadogan Cowper
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La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Frank Cadogan Cowper
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1. Perceval's armor was red.

2. This kind of elaborate plate armor (which was mostly for display) was not developed hundreds of years after Chretien de Troyes' time.