Travel Enlightenment (Oil on masonite) by Arthur Erberber. Click for source.

Arthur Erberber was born and raised in Queens New York and enjoys hanging with his friends and family, along with creating art, and when the time and money are there, traveling outside of the fish bowl called New York City. He has always loved comic books but at the Fashion Institute of Technology he developed a love for classical paintings, as he was taught about art’s great masters, and attempted to paint from their examples. His website contains a large amount of reworked classical paintings including the Remastered Bouguereau shown above, inspired by the 1881 work La Vierge aux Anges. In Art’s own words:

This is one of my most personal paintings. In August of 1997, I ventured on a solo trip to Boston…long story short, things got screwed up with my motel arrangements, and I was left homeless for a night. I spent the night on this park bench to pass the night away. Since nothing bad happened to me on this eventful evening, the angels symbolize my growth as a traveler. With their gentle touch, I will be “awakened” as a new person. I will have gone from a naive tourist into an experienced traveler. The angels can also be seen as my guardians, being that I made it through the whole experience unharmed and that much stronger.
Despite the lack of sleep and the lugging of heavy baggage, I still went out and did everything I wanted to do. This was a great growing experience for me, both as a traveler and as a human. I decided to summarize the whole night and weekend into one powerful moment.

Below you can compare the two works. Click to visit the galley where you can find many more remastered versions of the original Bouguereau painting.