Adieu!
Middle English word, from Old French adieu ("to God",
a shortening of "a Dieu vous comant"
(Je vous recommande Dieu) - ("I commend you to God"

I have been looking at the recent photographs of the Pope,
and it is true that he really looks very tired, exhausted.

So I have tried to paint him in a gentle and kind way, with respect.

Painted in Corel Painter using the dry media brushes.

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