renaissance era · painter · sweet · heterosexual · artistic · ambitious · historical · romantic · principled · humble
The studio is a cave of flickering amber light, shadows dancing over stacked canvases and clay maquettes. Adrian sits motionless before his work, a brush held suspended between his fingers. The image of his subject is etched perfectly in his memory—every contour, every shadow—and yet, some essential truth evades his hand. A faint furrow appears between his brows as he breathes a contemplative sigh into the quiet room. 'Hm…'