16×20 inches, oil on metal board, 2025
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Daniel shows his quiet faith after being thrown into a lion’s den, awaiting the Lord’s will.
His story is an analogy for us, dealing with challenges while learning to rely on The Lord. His stillness is a great part of the battle.
Is our faith like Daniel’s, able to face horrible situations, turn to the Lord, bathe in His comfort, rely on Him, and await His rescue?
Process
As usual, after getting the idea, generating many sketches, and finding good reference, including using myself as a model (thanks to my wife Leslie for taking the photos!), I composited the results into the computer. Even so, things didn’t work well and I needed additional reference.
Yes, I used artificially-generated images as well. I have been doing this for decades, whether using photos in books, online clip art sources, creating dioramas, finding great models or sculpting ones, or whatever it took. I have no apologies for that. The defining difference is the artist’s eye.
For this painting, I struggled to keep it loose while trying hard to not get lost in all those luscious lion’s hairs.
Yes, Daniel’s hair is loose, his robe is ragged, and his feet are dirty. I guess mine would be, too, if I was thrown into a den of lions. Together they symbolize the struggles we all go through before being rescued, as we all will be. They symbolize effort.
Altogether, this piece took me about 16 hours to complete, scattered over two weeks.
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