This one was done for a friend who was finishing up his ordination process as I painted it. As with many of my pieces, I didn't know it was for him until it was finished and then I realized "Ahhh, I see, it's an ordination gift!" This is what comes of following the Muse wherever she leads. Things often make sense in a backwards to forwards kind of way.
Really, that's the story of my life.
At any rate, this is Pope Larus Hyperboreus IV and his attendant Cardinal Parus Inornatus, who seems rather unamused by the whole "sit for your portrait" sort of thing.