I've been working on painting characters and scenarios in gouache on illustration board. This is my first result, developed from a truly random brush & ink sketch. Between Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey & Maturin series, Peter Padfield's books on Maritime supremacy, and HBO's "John Adams", I've had 18th Century on the brain for a while. Random sketching while meditating on the literal idea of personal demons produced a twisted little figure in a big hat which bore a remarkable resemblance to Napoleon. If he's anywhere, I figure it's someplace cold.
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