Incubus Incursion: The Slaying of the Incubi (2024)

The Slaying of the Incubi closes the Incubus Incursion triptych with an eruption of defiance. What began as temptation and descent ends in violent reclamation, a holy fury that refuses to stay subdued.

⤷ Here, the figure who once trembled beneath corruption rises in wrath. The same woman from The Whisper and The Grasp of Perdition now seizes a blade-like crucifix and strikes the demonic form that has haunted her across the series. The composition turns from submission to confrontation, the entire frame vibrating with motion and light.

I wanted this to feel like the breaking point of damnation. She is not pure, not saved, but burning with something greater than either. The light that engulfs her is no longer heavenly, it’s the light of destruction, born from rage and reclamation. Her gown, once a symbol of innocence, now whips through the air like a banner of resistance.

Around her, cherubic figures scream and struggle, their faces twisting between horror and triumph. They no longer appear as divine protectors, but as witnesses to the undoing of their own creation. The demon she strikes at isn’t entirely monstrous; his features bear a tragic familiarity, a reminder that evil here is intimate, not distant.

Within The Damnation Project, this painting represents catharsis—the violent, imperfect liberation from what once claimed to save. It is victory drenched in ambiguity. The woman survives, but only by becoming part of what she destroyed.