Sargatanas - (from Barlowe' Inferno, acrylic on ragboard) - A former seraph and now a Brigadier General and Demon Major of enormous power, Sargatanas was a hero in Lucifer's War with Heaven. Since his Fall, he has established himself as one of the few demons capable of rivaling the Prince for control of Hell. GOD'S DEMON is his story.

There's a lot of improvisation in this piece. I wanted to leave some of the organically flowing elements, especially around his metamorphic head, to chance, to let my paintbrush do the thinking, as it were. And I also wanted to let the paint, itself, flow a little more freely to enhance the sense of dynamism this character has always had in my mind. Some have criticized my decision to go in a more "painterly' direction with the Hell pieces. To me it is not only a natural evolution for a painter to become freer and more expressive, but, in this case, the milieu does afford one the perfect opportunity to be a bit more evocative. It's a case of adapting oneself to the subject matter.