Description Title: 'Apollyon, The Destroyer v2'.Creation Date: 23 January 17.'Fire Portraits' Series.Year: 2017.Influence: 'To Reign in Hell' novel by Steven Brust.Art Photographs: Photography of fire shaped into Portrait-like imagery, of the characters, angels, in 'To Reign in Hell', written by Steven Brust.Note 1: After doing the first art photo, I said to myself, 'I'm seeing some faces from Brust's novel in this image, and I need to investigate, and work this out further to see what develops.' Note 2: Apollyon is not a character in the Brust story; however, I have included angels and fallen angels in my Fire Portraits Series that extend beyond the Brust story. There are many angels in the Brust story who are not namedthis could be one of them.* Fine Art Print Sales Link at Imagekind:http://www.imagekind.com/Apollyon-The-Destroyer-v2-23-January-2017_art?imid=f60c9d33-69b9-4b9a-b448-9bbcc478313eImageKind Photo Number: .TAGS:Apollyon, ARIEL, SITH, HARUT, LEVIATHAN, FIRE-PORTRAITS, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, hell, to reign in hell, Steven Brust, firstborns, archangels, heaven-hell, good-evil, Illuminati, fire portraits, gold, flames, hot, heat, portraiture, mirrored photography, the dark one, smirking one, Nawfal Johnson, fine-art, ethereal, Morning Star,
Nawfal Johnson, Malaysia Member Since September 2006 Artist Statement IMAGEKIND: ARTIST BIO — Nawfal Johnson — Smokephotographist Beginnings: When I pick up my camera ... when I compose the subjects in the frame ... and, when I plan and set up my lighting, I have one thing in mind — To take a better photograph than the last time.
I have been using a camera as a hobbyist since I was 12 years old, and then as a freelance professional since 1998.
Photography is a Madness for Me — My Work: I have been a long-time Freelance Stage & Dance Photographer; nevertheless, I focus much of my energy designing fine art Abstract, and, Abstract Expressionism Photography. I also design SMOKE-ART PHOTOGRAPHY, and that is the art style I focused on in my 2011 book, titled, ETHEREAL DREAMS and HOPE.
My Artistic Influences: My main artistic influences are Jackson Pollock and Robert Henri. As for photographic influences, I have always drawn inspiration from photographers Carl Fischer, and Andreas Feininger.