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“…I saw a shadow suddenly move along the brightly lit wall of the vestry. I rushed forward. The shadow had already opened the door of the church and gone inside. I ran as fast as I could and was able to take hold of the cloak that the shadow was wearing. At that moment the two of us were just in front of the high altar, and the moonlight coming through the stained-glass window of the apse fell directly onto us. I was still clutching the cloak. The shadow turned around, the cloak opened a little and I saw, as clearly as I see you, sir, a horrible death's-head glaring at me with eyes in which the fires of hell burned. I thought it was Satan himself. At the sight of that unearthly apparition, my heart failed me in spite of all its courage, and I don't remember anything from then until the time when I woke up in the little room at the Inn of the Setting Sun.”

Raoul de Changy, Gaston Leroux's 'The Phantom of the Opera', Bair translation, Chapter 6

I started this painting, oh... about March of last year. I had started it, but the composition just wasn't working. So, yesterday I completely started over, with a new composition, and this is what I ended up with.
(It isn't quite so 'speckle-y' looking in real life, that's mostly my scanner's fault.)

Acrylic on canvas, 16x20 inches

Erik detail: [link]
Raoul detail: [link]

Description
“…I saw a shadow suddenly move along the brightly lit wall of the vestry. I rushed forward. The shadow had already opened the door of the church and gone inside. I ran as fast as I could and was able to take hold of the cloak that the shadow was wearing. At that moment the two of us were just in front of the high altar, and the moonlight coming through the stained-glass window of the apse fell directly onto us. I was still clutching the cloak. The shadow turned around, the cloak opened a little and I saw, as clearly as I see you, sir, a horrible death's-head glaring at me with eyes in which the fires of hell burned. I thought it was Satan himself. At the sight of that unearthly apparition, my heart failed me in spite of all its courage, and I don't remember anything from then until the time when I woke up in the little room at the Inn of the Setting Sun.”

Raoul de Changy, Gaston Leroux's 'The Phantom of the Opera', Bair translation, Chapter 6

I started this painting, oh... about March of last year. I had started it, but the composition just wasn't working. So, yesterday I completely started over, with a new composition, and this is what I ended up with.
(It isn't quite so 'speckle-y' looking in real life, that's mostly my scanner's fault.)

Acrylic on canvas, 16x20 inches

Erik detail: [link]
Raoul detail: [link]