A Portrait to Celebrate Darwin's 200th Birthday

Happy Darwin Day everyone,
My gift to Charles Darwin on his 200th anniversary is a humble portrait to a great man.

The 'Evolution' of Darwin
(acrylics on white posterboard)

This portrait attempts to show Darwin in three of his stages in life: as a seven-year-old boy in 1816, a young man in 1836, and in old age in 1868. The H. M. S Beagle is shown in the background. I will elaborate on the creation of this painting and on the original paintings I have based these Darwins on in my next post.

I don't feel it is finished yet. I still want to add a few things, fossils... I will continue on this one. Anyway, to all my friends in the web, happy Darwin Day!