The Passion – the betrayal
Posted by Stephen Quirke on April 22, 2011 under Art, painting, The Passion, watercolor, watercolour | 
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Last night I did the first paintings, in a service at our church, in a series for Easter. The first was based on the plan I did a while ago. The betrayal and arrest in the garden:
This is on a full sheet of Arches 300 gm Cold Pressed. 760x560mm
Carol King said,
I love the moodiness of this. Without too much detail you captured a dark image. The lights are fantastic.
I look forward to seeing more.
Arts Web Show said,
Dark, like some kind of ceremony.
It’s a fantastic painting, the tone work is perfect
Leslie White said,
I knew it!!!! I was thinking the other day about you saying you wanted to do this series and kind of had a hunch you might post one today. Beautiful, Stephen. Beautiful. You captured it.
Linda Halcomb said,
Did you do this with your church members watching? Very brave! And very moody and evocative. Wonderful work!
Stephen Quirke said,
Hi Carol – thanks for this – it was quite difficult to paint with people milling around but I am happy with the result.
I have two more to do in the series…
Stephen Quirke said,
Hey Richard – thanks man – I decided to use darks and more darks – and it works
Stephen Quirke said,
Hi Leslie – I was a bit nervous about it all because I have not painted as much as I wanted to this year – so I didn’t tell anyone – thanks so much for the support here – this is very hard
Stephen Quirke said,
Yes – it was more difficult to focus than I thought it would be – but everyone was very supportive so it was a great exercise. We had a prayer watch at the church and everything quietened down from about ten oclock and I was able to work till half past one in the morning. Next day I was a bit wrecked though. Nice to see you here
Karien Greenland said,
very touching!
Stephen Quirke said,
Hey Thanks Karien
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