Volac
(62.) Volac, or Valak, or Valu, or Ualac.-The Sixty-second Spirit is Volac, or Valak, or Valu. She is a President Mighty and Great, and appeareth like a Child with Angel’s Wings, riding on a Two-headed Dragon. Her Office is to give True Answers of Hidden Treasures, and to tell where Serpents may be seen. The which she will bring unto the Exorciser without any Force or Strength being by him employed. She governeth 38 Legions of Spirits.
The painting is 16″ x 22″, oil on gessoed board.
The finished painting. 16" x 22", oil on gessoed board.
Early stages of the preliminary drawing. Graphite and pastel on toned paper.
The finished drawing. 12" x 18". The this piece went through several versions before reaching the final painting.
First sitting on the painting.
Further along in the process. Even though I liked the design of the closed circle of the snake in the drawing, it wasn't working in the painting, nor was the flow of lava from the serpent's mouth, so I just adjusted on the fly.