Sylvester and the Dragon

Original painting 8" x 10" acrylic on acid free paper. Sylvester is inspired by the story of St. Sylvester subduing a dragon by binding it's mouth shut. Here is the fable re-imagined with a boy in a natural history museum with a Komodo Dragon. The mouth of the dragon is bound shut with white ribbon. There is a Komodo Dragon skeleton in the display case behind him. The clock indicates it is close to midnight because St. Sylvester's Day is December 31, and on St. Sylvester's Night, between 12 and 1, it was believed that all water would turn to wine.
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Sylvester and the Dragon

 Sylvester is inspired by the story of St. Sylvester subduing a dragon by binding it's mouth shut. Here is the fable re-imagined with a boy in a natural history museum with a Komodo Dragon. The mouth of the dragon is bound shut with white ribbon. There is a Komodo Dragon skeleton in the display case behind him. The clock indicates it is close to midnight because St. Sylvester's Day is December 31, and on St. Sylvester's Night, between 12 and 1, it was believed that all water would turn to wine.

Sylvester

From the Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, I read the story of St. Sylvester. And in particular, I like the part of the lore where he subdued a dragon by tying it's mouth shut.
I have sketched up a version of the Sylvester legend  involving a young man in a Victorian natural history museum-like setting, showing off a Komodo Dragon with its mouth tied shut. A skeletal display of the same animal is in the case behind him.
St. Sylvester's Day is December 31, that is why the clock is nearing midnight. As a bonus bit of trivia,  it was believed that on Sylvester night all water is turned into wine, but only between 12 and 1 o'clock.