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Saint Sebastian / Martyr of Rome / Process

This is a abbreviated time-line for the creation of a short series of works based on the Iconography and narrative of Saint Sebastian – the Martyr of Rome. Although most accounts of his death have it at the hands of Diocletian club welding thugs, the romantic version has him dying as a result of a thousand arrows. A thousand arrows begot a thousand drawings. Here is a potion of the process.

 

One piece of the original source materials:

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Samples of the rounds of sketches:

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 The table in the studio

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The final work (on paper):

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Another version of the final artwork. (On canvas)

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Could not stop there…….

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Final version number two:

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About Mark T. Smith

Mark T. Smith is a celebrated American painter. He is best known for his colorful, complex paintings and his passion for the application of art into the fabric of everyday life.

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