The Old Wolf at the End

This piece was my third try on this canvas. When I was in high school I painted a dark abstract piece for my Grandma Joan, who passed away a few years ago. I decided that she wouldn’t want me to let the canvas go to waste, so started to paint over it.

The initial painting was of a warrior facing off against a dragon that had just landed. I really liked some parts of it, but felt the composition was weak. There was too much uninteresting white space at the top, and too much interesting action at the bottom.