Caravaggio - David and Goliath

Michelangelo Meris da Caravaggio is a Milanese Italian Baroque is late 16th Century to 17th Century artist who preferred oil on canvas medium. His body of work seems to be concentrated on biblical subjects. My interest in Caravaggio's work has always been through his use of detail, perfection of the human anatomy and energy or movement in his pieces. His depiction of subject matter has always thrilled my senses as it showed aspects of known stories in an different manner than what one would expect. His "David and Goliath" piece inspires me in his use of values, but more so in his eye for detail in hair and cloth. All work to create a sense of motion that I would love to aspire to. His sense of values takes the action of his subjects and softens it to make it pleasing or easier on the eye. I have always been interest in Caravaggio's work from a biblical sense because of his depiction are so different to what you would learn in through church, work that takes the known simply and adds a different angle. In the heart of every artist is to say something through mediums to create an opinion. In my work in oil and canvas I can only hope to aspire to do the same.