This painting has a construction grid, like the ten of a card; each subject fills one of the spots.

It is inspired by a sacred medieval painting; one of the many with a flat blue background, geometric stars, and symbolic beings aligned in the foreground, such as an eagle-winged child’s face, an elderly person’s face, or apple-eating lizards.

I actually took a long time to find the right subject for this inspiration because nothing felt contemporary enough.