Brian Michael Backshell - 2004 elusive and aloof MEDIUM Acrylic Paints Impasto Medium SIZE 18 x 24 inches x3

Three Panel piece for a Birthday Present for a friend of mine. He wanted something "Blue". Brian - Celtic/Gaelic origins menaing "Strong One" I drew from the aspect that a stone can be an anchor, and strength and stability can be derived from there; especially amidst the continual motion of the river. Michael - "Who is like God" Taken from the Archangel Michael, the floating feather represents him; fallen from his wing. Backshell - Origins of his surname was questionable I decided to take the literal words and evoked the image of a turtle, who carries his burden/home on his back. Tied in with the "strength" of the first panel, I thought it was rather appropriate.