The prodigal son far away in the land of unfulfilled pleasure.

A wide horizontal, panoramic composition set in first-century Judea. The scene shows the younger son’s journey. The son is depicted gaunt and ragged, standing among pigs in a desolate, famine-stricken land.

A gaunt and ragged young man stands among pigs in a desolate, famine-stricken landscape of first-century Judea, reminiscent of the somber earth tones and dramatic lighting found in the works of Caravaggio, the emotive landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich, and the detailed realism of Andrew Wyeth.