Moonlight Ambush - Acrylic on canvas, 15" x 12"
The soldiers of the American Revolution were not ones to surrender. A few years back I had a fun assignment for Boys' Life magazine to illustrate a historical fiction piece in which a main character gets taken hostage by the British Redcoats. In a brave midnight ambush, his fellow countrymen storm the farm where he is being held captive and rescue him. In this piece I wanted to give a bit of an homage to a couple of my favorite Golden Age illustrators who were both masters of dramatic historical subject matter- Howard Pyle and N.C. Wyeth. Any similarity to their iconic work is purely intentional.
8 comments:
Incredible attention to detail and coloration! It very much has the appearance of a period piece: a geniune Wyeth or Pyle. The first thing I thought of when I saw the thumbnail for this was 'Washington Crossing the Delaware.' I'm happy to say that I wasn't disappointed.
This is great! I really like the texture of your strokes.
and did you EVER! this totally smacks of wyeth - great work! :-))
Wow Greg! Amazing work and terrific homage to a couple of greats!
Definite overtones of Wyeth & Pyle, yet with a modern touch as well.
this is amazing I love the colours you've used on this gives the characters warmth against the snow.
This was a fun one. I enjoyed the process of incorporating enough "homage" elements to tip the balance toward my idols Wyeth and Pyle.
Oh my goodness, your work is ridiculously fantastic!
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