Bukowski Painting - In Progress

William Bukowski

Summer 2008

This is a picture of the Reformation Lutheran altarpiece in progress. It was a challenging because I had to work from multiple sources and imagination. I was looking at Delacroix and Rembrandt for those reasons. There were some time constraints so I had to keep pushing. The crowd scene in the central panel went through some changes. I began with some brown tones and tried to capture the light as if they were partly in shade. I painted the Christ figure a little larger to scale to enhance his presence.