Yes, it's another illustration from my Byzantine tale. Some of the action in the book takes place in Egypt, where factions of the pious and the fanatical clashed in the desert and the city. Here you see Taurinus the priest, who has appeared before here, in a desert setting, accompanying an elderly bishop and his monastic attendant. The bishop pulls his beard in perplexity as he cannot figure out which militant group they are supposed to meet with. The monk will tell them which crew they will meet. Each one has a different history, and a different theological ideology, and the monk belongs to one of them.
Ink, watercolor, and gouache on sketchbook page, 5 1/2" x 9", 1974. Click for larger view.
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