This is a drawing of the Archangel Michael. I have seen him and I know many others have too. Five years ago as I was sitting holding my newborn daughter, I saw a very vivid image of a warrior. He had sandy blonde, curly hair, blue eyes (a lot like that shade of blue in the picture). I did not see wings, I did not know who he was. Up to that point I thought angels wore robes and blew trumpets.
The image lasted about 30 seconds, long enough for me to study the features of his face in 3D. His skin was like porcelain. His face was shorter, not long. His eyes were set wider, not narrow. His lips were full, not thin. He had a high and straight nose bridge. The proportions I would describe as Greek.... Slightly androgynous looking, his face was very beautiful.....but he was definitely male. He was wearing white, with blue stripes and golden accents. I can't remember exactly, but what he wore reminded me of Roman gladiator attire.
The next day I received a random email from Amazon.com suggesting that I buy a book titled "I am Your Guard". The image of the front was of a warrior with curly blond hair, the Archangel Michael.
After the vision, for the next few days I kept getting the idea that I need to paint him how I saw him. I've been ignoring that idea because I have no clue how I would accomplish something like that. That was years ago and I still don't have a clue. I am an abstract painter, not representational. I drew this sketch on October 26th 2011 at 11:30 pm. I grabbed my daughter's fat blue crayon and started sketching without thinking of what I was doing. It took me 5 minutes. The drawing does not look exactly like how I saw him, due to my limited drawing skills. But it's very close.
After I was done, I couldn't help but gaze at him. Then the idea came to me to paint him at life size....he is tall...about 8 feet. The challenge for me is to paint the rest of him....but I don't remember the other details well enough. I've also never painted a human figure before....and I currently have no desire to learn. But I have agreed (to myself) that I will do this when the time is right. It could be next month...it could be 20 years from now...I don't know. I don't plan to prepare in any way except to sleep on it.
I've googled him and have yet to see his image as beautiful as I have seen him. So here I am, putting it out there....that one day I will paint a 8 foot image of the Archangel Michael. (part of me is telling me I can't, another part is telling me.....let's wait and see).
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