Departure

"Departure"

acrylic on birch panel

8 x 10 inches, framed

2013

$500.00

SOLD

Here's another newly finished painting that is off to it's new home, thanks to one of my new collectors.  

Bats perch upon the backs of gray foxes, perched upon human skulls.  

The Ouija planchette, the mystical oracle, a portal to communication with the departed, dangles a scrying crystal.  The sweet pea flowers symbolize "departure" in Floriography, the Victorian language of flowers.

Coming soon...Talisman!

My solo show is a month away!

This Saturday!

My piece, "Protect and Create Flanking Sight" will be in

this Saturday's "Woodlands" show at San Francisco's Modern Eden Gallery.

The nice folk at the gallery were kind enough to use my painting image for one of the show's flyers!

Protect and Create Flanking Sight

"Protect and Create Flanking Sight"

acrylic on birch panel

10 x 10 inches, framed

2011

For Modern Eden's "Woodlands" show

Modern Eden Gallery

403 Francisco St

San Francisco, CA 

Show opens Saturday, December 10th 7pm-10pm

Runs through January 15th, 2012

SOLD

Here's the progress shots again:

This piece deals in a small part with my own teenage experiences with the Ouija and Tarot cards; Saturn's seal of protection that the kestrel on the left is holding was something we used to protect ourselves from bad spirits when we used the board.

  

The kestrel on the left (Protect) deals with protection; besides the protective seal, the flowers in it's claws all represent protection in Victorian flower language or floriography (heather, Queen Anne's Lace, juniper), and the bird on the right (Create) represents creativity/artistic expression; the tarot (the five of wands) it holds symbolizes creativity and will, as does the bunch of oregano in it's claws.

So, overall the piece symbolizes how using the oracle signifying Sight (Ouija planchette with the all-seeing eye) to communicate with spirits can lead to artistic inspiration, but you have to protect yourself against evil.  I think that could be an even larger metaphor in itself...

Maybe it's 

"that which inspires can also be dangerous, so you should be on guard". 

New Painting Progress

Here's a piece I'm working on for "Woodlands" at Modern Eden Gallery next month.  This is the first piece (besides a small wooden door hanger) that I've done with the wood grain showing, and I'm absolutely loving it.  I'll definitely be doing more pieces like this in the future.

This piece deals with my own teenage experiences with the Ouija and Tarot cards; the seal that the kestrel on the left is holding was something we used to protect ourselves from bad spirits when we used the board.  

The kestrel on the left deals with protection; besides the protective seal, the flowers in it's claws all represent protection in floriography (heather, Queen Anne's Lace, juniper), and the bird on the right represents creativity/artistic expression; the tarot (the five of wands) it holds symbolizes creativity, as does the bunch of oregano in it's claws. 

So, overall the piece symbolizes how the oracle (Ouija planchette with the all-seeing eye) can lead to creativity, but there should be protection nearby.