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David and Goliath - Illustrations from the Bible

Artist: Simon Bisley (All)

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David and Goliath - Illustrations from the Bible Comic Art

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Title:	David and Goliath - Illustrations from the Bible
Artist:	Simon Bisley (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Acrylic
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	15,301
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	12/16/2010
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Description

After many years of "dues-paying" my bride and I decided that if we ever actually achieved financial success and owned our own home, we would grace our mantel with an awesome painting of David getting ready to beat Goliath, as we felt that it represented us overcoming the huge obstacles that were against us in our life. We had many favorite artists, but as we got ready to commission the work, we didn't feel that many could bring the intensity we wanted.

My wife saw Bisley's "Ascension" painting at the SDCC, showed me, and we knew who we wanted. We approached Simon, who seemed very surprised that A: we saw the painting, and B: we loved it. He said he was much too busy, but took our number anyway. Three months later, a call from England, a week after that, a preliminary pencil via email, a month later our painting arrived (a week before Christmas - best present ever).

Unknown to us, a collector was already commissioning many other Bible-based works from Simon (mostly detailed pencils, but a few paintings too), and Simon said that our enthusiasm helped him decide to publish them all in "Simon Bisley's Illustrations from the Bible".

The painting is acrylic on board, and measures almost 2x3 feet!
(sorry to ramble on, but I always liked hearing how certain works came about, and figured you might too)

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About the Owner

	Doug Biancur
Joined:	November 2008
Last Login:	December 2016
Ebay Id:	dbiancur
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Eric Nilsson
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/16/2010

Sincere congrats of owning this great piece! Huge in size too, i am sure the original must be very stunning!! Thanks also for sharing the story behind.

Bruno ZZ
Member Since 2005

Posted on 12/17/2010

One of the most beautiful plate of Bisley ! Congrat for this idea !

Matt B
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/17/2010

Superb, one of the best congrats!

Tatiana TDArt Dykes
Member Since 2005
CAF Administrator

Posted on 12/18/2010

Amazing piece and great story, congrats on scoring this commission!

Alex K.
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/28/2010

This is an absolutely gorgeous piece, and one of my favorites from the entire Bible series! I would love to see what it looks like hanging in your home, and congratulate you for owning one of Simon's "fine art" masterpieces!

Adam Ianbarry
Member Since 2010

Posted on 1/25/2011

What an incredible painting!!! Colours & composition are knockout!!!!!!

David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 6/5/2016

Absolutely stunning work!!!!

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