Welcome to Vegas, Raphael

Just a quick post here, to show this recent piece. Whilst further exploring the topic of 'Rehash Remix & Edit', I decided to paint one of Raphael's famous cherubim. Their cheeky expressions are so iconic, and so is the painting style, both of which I attempted to replicate here. I then went on to 'remix' the piece by introducing the cherub to Vegas. My favourite part of the edit was sticking fairy lights behind the canvas, which flash constantly, giving a quite sickening glow to the whole piece.It is almost disconcerting the way the cherub stares so knowingly at the infamous Vegas sign. This is one of the reasons why I love the contrast between the innocence of angelic cherub, and the poker chips of 'fabulous Heaven Nevada'.