Cupid

Cupid

—February, 1998
This piece accompanied a "love gone horribly wrong" article in ESQUIRE. It was heavily influenced by Parmigianino's Cupid. It's my "Rambo Cupid". He's out for revenge instead of love and he's taking no prisoners, thus the flaming arrows.
I originally thought he should also have a drinking problem, so I put an empty bottle of Jack D by the tree stump but it was nixed by the editors. They did let me keep the "Love Hurts" tattoo.
It's the first piece of mine that got into the American Illustration Annual.

(click on painting to enlarge)

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	Cupid —February, 1998 This piece accompanied a "love gone horribly wrong" article in ESQUIRE. It was heavily influenced by Parmigianino's Cupid. It's my "Rambo Cupid". He's out for revenge instead of love and he's taking no prisoners, thus the flaming arrows. I originally thought he should also have a drinking problem, so I put an empty bottle of Jack D by the tree stump but it was nixed by the editors. They did let me keep the "Love Hurts" tattoo. It's the first piece of mine that got into the American Illustration Annual. (click on painting to enlarge)