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Category Archives: Alchemical work
Fama finished
Here’s the finished  piece, shot from the front. Today I sold my red haired mermaid painting to Jean Amador, a well known Southern California architect designing environmentally friendly buildings, making use of clever lighting and spatial arrangements to cool them without wasting … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Fama, Installation work, Life
Tagged esoteric, figurative, megalith, nude, oil painting, rosicrucian, Tarot-related paintings
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As the crow flies
Here’s the beginning of the next project. It’s a six by eight foot panel with a gold leafed  canvas laid down onto it.   If you’ve been watching the blog for any length of time you’ll know that I’ve been getting … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Black birds, Making work
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Back in the studio
 I’ve returned to the studio and brought boxes of paint and some stretcher bars to re-stretch the crucifixion painting and to take stock of where the “Aviator’s Dream” stands. It seems to me that I need to get some … Continue reading
Elements
After seven days off sick, I’m finally feeling semi-human again. I’ve been thinking about elements. During the trip to England we visited a number of places which were ruled by the old alchemical elements in quite clear ways: AIR At … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Britain, Neolithic britain
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Stonehenge
After a five hour drive we arrived in Salisbury, where we were privileged to be able to spend dawn within the stones at the greatest of megalithic monuments. It’s hard to describe how this felt, as the last time I … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Britain, Life, Neolithic britain
Tagged megalith, neolithic, stonehenge
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Tintagel crows, and a holey place
Tintagel castle is associated with King Arthur because in the 1200’s a local nobleman decided to construct a castle suitable for the legendary Englishman. There is almost no evidence that Arthur ever came near here, but it’s still a fabulously … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Britain, Life, Neolithic britain
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Some alchemical symbols
    Fire       Water       Earth       Air  Ostensibly made obsolete by the progress of modern science, as allegorical symbols I think these elements are … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
Tagged air, Alchemical work, earth, element, fire, symbol, water
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Ravens
 The great black bird hunt continues. I haven’t seen any ravens at the University, so I hope to find some in the national forest lands near our home. I did manage to catch this guy in a tree, looking … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Life, Making work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
Tagged crow, painting, raven
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Raven
Our search for these birds is now bordering on the obsessive. When we look for them we can never find them, and when we spot them we never have a camera ready. My daughter is in on the search with … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Life, Making work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
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Storm XIX
   The second photo is by Ethan Pearce   Continuing my pursuit of those melancholy birds as research for the “Aviator’s Dream” painting, this morning we walked the trusty hound to the park, seeking out ravens as we went. It seems … Continue reading
Posted in Black birds, Making work, Storm / The Aviator's Dream
Tagged Alchemical work, art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, raven, rosicrucian
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