Description Title: 'Forneus.'Creation Date: 15 January 2017.'Fire Portraits' Series.Year: 2016-2017.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.' Some of the characters in the story are represented by more than one image as the elemental fire is ever changing, and I see my subjects in different forms. Note 2: Forneus is not mentioned in the Brust story, but imagine that he is one of the Fallen Angels. He is in the form of a great sea monster.Note 3: 'In demonology, Forneus is a Great Marquis of Hell, and has twenty-nine legions of demons under his rule. He teaches Rhetoric and languages, gives men a good name, and makes them be loved by their friends and foes. He is depicted as a great sea monster. He causes men to have a good name and to have the knowledge and understanding of tongues. He makes one beloved by his foes as well as of his friends. He is partly of the Order of Thrones, and partly of that of Angels. His name seems to come from Latin 'fornus' (oven). ' [Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forneus ]* Fine Art Prints & Museum-Quality Canvas Prints of this Art Photograph at the following Sales Link at Imagekind:http://www.imagekind.com/Forneus-the-great-sea-monster-15-Jan-17_art?imid=9d1dbb35-8072-4832-a933-2e72c92f5cf3ImageKind Photo Number #2,151:TAGS: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, elemental, ARAKIEL, FALLEN-ANGELS, Agiel
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.