It's the art: Elena with dragon

Elena has always been for me a difficult subject to draw, I made many attempts which regularly ended up in the bin - except this one.

Also I always thought that she would be the perfect subject for a portrait along the style of Alfons Mucha, with a halo surrounding her head and a raging dragon symbolising her tough, untamable inner glow.

Ink and watercolor on paper
33x48 cm
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