The Temptation of St. Anthony

Inspired by the surreal, crowded, and incredible paintings of the Temptation of St. Anthony, but I decided to go the opposite way and make my interpretation more simple. Sex and money. A wax anatomical model demonstrating the syphilitic plaques of the tongue, with a coin in its mouth.

The Temptation of St. Anthony. Original acrylic on paper painting 8" x 10" by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler
Black bars and "My Good Babushka" watermark are not on the painting, they are included her for formatting and security purposes.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

 Work in progress by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.
I have been looking at a lot of the surreal, crowded, and incredible paintings of the Temptation of St. Anthony, but the temptations are still sex and money. I decided to go the opposite way and make my interpretation more simple. A wax anatomical model demonstrating the syphilitic plaques of the tongue. Money to come later.

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I was inspired by many of the very surreal and dense paintings of the Temptation of St. Anthony, but I went the opposite way, and decided to make mine very simple. Sex and money are the core temptations. This is a wax anatomical model depicting tongue lesions associated with syphilis. I plan on incorporating money, too.

The Temptation of St. Anthony

New painting started today.