Sanabalis, Kaylin and the Arkon

Kaylin, Sanabalis and the Arkon from the Chronicles of Elantra series by Michelle Sagara.

This piece has a rather strange background because of it’s 2dimensionality. My second reason for painting this piece came when i was rifling through albums of Vermeer’s and Van Eyck’s works. I was inspired by the single source of light (window) in Vermeer’s works, and the interesting/strange combination of 3dimensional characters, and a 2dimensional flat background in Van Eyck’s works. Hence the strange background.