Fox Magic

"Fox Magic"

acrylic on birch panel

8 x 10 inches framed to 13.5 x 15.5 inches

2012

email corylou311(at)yahoo(dot)com for availability

A gray fox and a white, arctic fox converge around the pentacle made of pussy willows (representing never-ceasing remembrance in Floriography, the Victorian language of flowers) while an owl sentry flies above, and one perches on a skull below.  

Dark and light; as above, so below.

Ragnarök

"Ragnarök"

acrylic on birch panel

8 x 10 inches oval, framed

2012

SOLD

Progress shots:

 This piece is for New York City's MF Gallery.  

The name of the show is "See You In Hell II", and the theme is the end of the world/apocalypse.

I'm not a believer in all this 2012 hype about the end of days, and didn't want to make a Mayan or Biblically themed piece, so I looked to Norse paganism for inspiration.

Ragnarök is the series of events which is commonly referred to as the end of the Gods, or "Twilight of the Gods", where a number of important figures meet their demise, there are cataclysmic natural disasters, and the world becomes submerged in water.  Afterwards, the world resurfaces, the remaining Gods reunite, and the world is repopulated by two human survivors.

I wanted to focus on the demise of Odin (the main God) in the jaws of the great wolf, Fenrir.

Fenrir is pictured here, with the large rune, Hagalaz (H) as his symbol, meaning wrath of nature, destructive, uncontrolled forces, loss of power and leading to completion.  Odin's skull sits defeated below, with his rune Ansuz ( the F-looking symbol) on it's forehead, symbolizing Odin himself.

The skull is flanked by monkshood, symbolizing "A deadly foe is near" and rue anemone, symbolizing beginning anew.

And here's the flyer for the show, which opens this Saturday!

Huginn and Muninn Print

"Huginn and Muninn Atop the Oracle"

 print made from professional scan of the original painting
original 2011 painting is not for sale
12 x 16 inches
archival acid free rag smooth fine art paper by Craine
100% pigmented and archival ink
150+ years life

EDITION of 25
each print is signed/numbered by the artist
white border matte
professionally scanned/printed
2012

This painting depicts Huginn and Muninn, the two ravens (I made them a two-headed raven here) from Norse mythology who fly around the world everyday and report the events to Odin, the chief god. "Huginn" and "Muninn" mean "Thought" and "Memory", respectively. 

The imagery also contains tarot cards (The Devil and Death) with the original designs that I have treasured for a long time. They belonged to my parents and I always loved using them as a teenager. The crystal ball oracle contains a goat skull, sometimes a symbol for Satanism.

The flowers, narcissus, represent self interest (hence the name) in Floriography (the Victorian language of flowers) and I felt that was rather appropriate with the other Satanic symbols.

Print ships flat in cardboard

email corylou311(at)yahoo(dot)com for inquiries