Moses ascends Sinai

" Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder.

The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up."

Exodus 19:18-20

So this is one of those paintings that starts as a whim and then just gets out of control until you beat it into submission in a bloody bare-chested street brawl.

UPDATE: I decided this painting still needed a bit more pummeling. So I took it out back and treated it like it was a dumb bar thug and I was Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse. It done learn it's lesson now...

I lightened up Moses a tad and moved the mountains around a bit. What, with leading a bunch of cry babies through the wilderness, Moses could use some lightening up..I would think.

Anyway, this painting has 2 parents. Mount Doom from the LOTR movies and good ole fashioned day-dreaming..uh..while in church..um..during the sermon. Oh..like you don't do it?..whatever..

(For a limited time you can see a close up of Moses here [link])