WIP "Flight/Foresight"

Here's a new piece I'm working on called "Flight/Foresight", and the imagery deals with just that.  I'm finding that the themes of divination and Nordic culture are becoming more and more of interest to me, and this painting reflects that.

A bat skull flanked by dove wings overlooks two albino owls that each hold plants (wild strawberry and holly) symbolizing foresight.  The rune on the bat skull's head is Ansuz, symbolizing Odin; true sight, signals, insight.  The runes flanking the skull are Kenaz (vision, knowledge) and Mannaz (forethought, creativity).

A tool of divination, the skrying crystal hangs down from the bat skull's mouth.

Sacrilege Show

I'm very pleased to announce that "Satanica Naturalis" will be included in the "Sacrilege" show at The Congregation Gallery next week!

The show will feature dark-themed religious paintings, and I'm very happy to have my white Satanic piece included!

Catapult Art Mag

Here's my pages in the new Issue #5 of Catapult Art Magazine!

Click HERE to read the whole issue!

All Hail

"All Hail (Guardians of Metal)"

11 x 14 inches
acrylic on birch panel
2011
SOLD


Here's my newest finished painting, which will be in a show this October!
It's a salute to the music I love; Metal.

The birds are called grackles and are related to crows and ravens. I chose them because of their beautiful iridescent plumage, long tail feathers, and their ability to look MEAN. I mean really, for birds, they really have the whole Death Metal Grimace down.

The flower I chose for this piece was pussy willows; it's a lame name I know, but in Victorian flower language they stand for "freedom". And if you know anything about Satanism, you know that it's all about freedom. For many, myself included, Metal and Satan both stand for Freedom.

And I'm psyched about how the pentagram turned out. I hope to have it tattooed on me someday soon. The birds and willows actually form the shape of an inverted pentagram again, if you look closely.

So yeah, very happy with the way this turned out. It's very shiny and even though it's acrylic, it looks very much like oils.
More info to come on the gallery and show it will be available at this October.

Here's the progress shots again:

Skeleton Key

"The Skeleton Key"
acrylic on wooden door hanger
2011
For Skeleton Key, Swoon Gallery
SOLD

Here's the last piece for the online Skeleton Key show for Swoon Gallery that I'm in.

In case you don't have Facebook, here's a memory jogger of my other pieces:


"Die Traurigkeit (The Sadness)"
acrylic on board
10x12 framed
SOLD



"Duel of Deceit"
graphite on paper
8 x 10 inches, 11.5 x 13.5 inches, framed
2011
SOLD



"Duell Av Svik (Duel of Deceit)"
acrylic on wood panel
13 x 16.5 framed
SOLD