They said I would have nothing.
They said I would be nothing.
 
They quoted the gods and said, piously, that I would never ascend to the heights others were destined to reach.
 
And yet here I stand in a sea of glory, triumphant, my sword dripping not with the blood of my enemies but with the perfidy of their gods.
 
Oil, 23k gold, and palladium on canvas.
60" x 79"