Thoughts behind the artwork...

After millenia of suffering with souls laid bare, the Penitent seek audience with the one who could end the sorrow. For Ages the Penitent wandered the underworld, so much time spent in dull agony that time itself ceased to be. A moment or an era? A second or a century? The sins of the past which lead to this suffering have long been forgotten. Standing before The Lord of Perdition, facing the one who never forgets the sins of the past... the one who has the power to allow The Penitent to resume the journey upon The River of Time, or to damn them for eternity... The Penitent Plea for release. Has atonement been achieved? Will The Lord of Perdition step aside and allow The Penitent to pass beyond the borders of The Underworld and resume the spirits journey along The River of Time?

-John Alexander (aka SirJohn)

This image is based upon a dream that I had.