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This is an interpretation of the primordial Greek goddess Ananke as interpreted through my rat theme. She sits on a Rowan branch, thick with berries, and holds a needle threaded with rope. Scratchboard and watercolor. 4x12ish.
December 06 2010 • 09·11 pm

This is an interpretation of the primordial Greek goddess Ananke as interpreted through my rat theme. She sits on a Rowan branch, thick with berries, and holds a needle threaded with rope.


Scratchboard and watercolor. 4x12ish.

#rats   #art   #scratchboard   #painting   #dreams   #berries   #color  
“The Hunting Whippoorwills” 2009, 11”x11”, scratchboard and watercolor “Then too, the natives are mortally afraid of the numerous whippoorwills which grow vocal on warm nights. It is vowed that the birds are psychopomps lying in wait for the souls of the dying, and that they time their eerie cries in unison with the sufferer’s struggling breath. If they can catch the fleeing soul when it leaves the body, they instantly flutter away chittering in daemoniac laughter; but if they fail, they subside gradually into a disappointed silence.” H.P. Lovecraft “The Dunwich Horror”
September 19 2010 • 01·08 pm

“The Hunting Whippoorwills” 2009, 11”x11”, scratchboard and watercolor

“Then too, the natives are mortally afraid of the numerous whippoorwills which grow vocal on warm nights. It is vowed that the birds are psychopomps lying in wait for the souls of the dying, and that they time their eerie cries in unison with the sufferer’s struggling breath. If they can catch the fleeing soul when it leaves the body, they instantly flutter away chittering in daemoniac laughter; but if they fail, they subside gradually into a disappointed silence.”

H.P. Lovecraft

“The Dunwich Horror”

#scratchboard   #watercolor   #lovecraft   #moths   #art  
“Death” An interpretation of the Death tarot card I did in grad school some years ago in New York City. Scratchboard and watercolor. This piece is also HUGE! 16”x32”.
September 09 2010 • 03·33 pm • 1 note

“Death”

An interpretation of the Death tarot card I did in grad school some years ago in New York City. Scratchboard and watercolor. This piece is also HUGE! 16”x32”.

#unicorn,   #tarot,   #death   #demon   #magic   #occult   #raven   #scratchboard   #skeleton   #watercolor   #art  
“A Corgi Dressed as a Wizard Doing Magic on a Corgi Dressed as a Bee” Commission done in 2005 for a friend. My first full watercolor/scratchboard hybrid, and my first glimpse into the Abyss.
September 08 2010 • 09·52 pm

“A Corgi Dressed as a Wizard Doing Magic on a Corgi Dressed as a Bee”

Commission done in 2005 for a friend. My first full watercolor/scratchboard hybrid, and my first glimpse into the Abyss.

#hell   #insanity   #corgi   #dogs   #watercolor   #scratchboard   #art   #magic   #bumblebee  
The Willow Branch Created in 2009 from a dream of swiftness and running, this hare holds a red-leafed willow branch as she flees from an unknown threat. Scratchboard, watercolor, and a touch of gouache. Approximately 8.5”x10.5”.
September 08 2010 • 09·45 pm

The Willow Branch


Created in 2009 from a dream of swiftness and running, this hare holds a red-leafed willow branch as she flees from an unknown threat. Scratchboard, watercolor, and a touch of gouache. Approximately 8.5”x10.5”.

#art   #scratchboard   #running   #red   #willow   #hare   #watercolor   #wind  
“I Have a Lonely Heart” This rat is very sad. I started making these rats last year after having a few dreams of myself as a rat. I am still making rats now. Scratchboard, about 6”x10” I think
September 07 2010 • 02·28 pm

“I Have a Lonely Heart”


This rat is very sad. I started making these rats last year after having a few dreams of myself as a rat. I am still making rats now.

Scratchboard, about 6”x10” I think

#art   #rats   #scratchboard   #type  
This piece has an interesting name. I sometimes title it “Crow with Rope”, but its “true” name is “Are You Ready To Go Now”, inspired by the Coil song “Going Up”. Listen closely, and you’ll hear Jhon Balance asking “Are you ready to go now?” at the very beginning of the track I listened to this song extensively during a time of transition when I made this piece, and as such, it represents a time of transition in my own life. The rope, with both of its ends visibly cut, represent transportation into a new sphere of consciousness, with the crow as a vehicle. Scratchboard and watercolor 5”x7”
September 07 2010 • 02·36 am • 3 notes

This piece has an interesting name. I sometimes title it “Crow with Rope”, but its “true” name is “Are You Ready To Go Now”, inspired by the Coil song “Going Up”. Listen closely, and you’ll hear Jhon Balance asking “Are you ready to go now?” at the very beginning of the track

I listened to this song extensively during a time of transition when I made this piece, and as such, it represents a time of transition in my own life. The rope, with both of its ends visibly cut, represent transportation into a new sphere of consciousness, with the crow as a vehicle.


Scratchboard and watercolor 5”x7”

#crows   #corvids   #art   #scratchboard  
This is the Nine of Swords. I created this piece last year during a bit of winter turmoil. 6x10ish, scratchboard and watercolor This impaled hare is based on the Nine of Swords tarot card, whose descriptor can be found here.
September 04 2010 • 10·02 pm

This is the Nine of Swords. I created this piece last year during a bit of winter turmoil. 6x10ish, scratchboard and watercolor

This impaled hare is based on the Nine of Swords tarot card, whose descriptor can be found here.

#occult,   #art   #magic   #moths   #scratchboard   #swords   #tarot   #watercolor   #hare