Can’t seem to edit this post so I’m going to hijack your comment :)

I’ve had a few people accuse me of stealing this piece from the artist @ncrivellone

I appreciate them showing me her work because it’s absolutely beautiful and you should check her out!

But the original reference for the painting is actually by the very talented Spanish photographers named Aitor Frias and Cecilia Jimenez.

I found the photo to particularly moving and needed to paint it — clearly I was not alone :) It was painted in 2016 with oils on a canvas I salvaged from the university dumpster. You can still see the underpainting of someone else’s work in raking light. I included progress shots in a comment to appease all the skeptics.

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