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Tag Archives: mysticism
Roses
I love California’s weather for its kindness to roses – here you can grow plants that will bloom almost all year round, and I’ve often bragged about them to my father on the telephone as he looks out over his rain-swept English … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Making work, Sources, Tarot-related paintings
Tagged Alchemical work, Crucifixion, mysticism, oil painting, rosicrucian
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Bombers xiv
Definitely over the hump as far as that bad patch went. I had a fun morning getting some shadows laid down, with a strong frontal light implied by the long shadows falling behind the figure and stones. It really has … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Bombers, Making work
Tagged Alchemical work, mysticism, oil
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Bombers xi
The dark spaces in between are most important in the early stages of a painting, the way I like to make them, anyway. I lay down the shapes of the dark shadows and work out from them, upward toward light. … Continue reading
Bombers x
Because of technical difficulties at the old site the blog will be here at https://gildedraven.com from now on. Please bookmark it. I worked on the hermit in Bombers, painting a velatura skin and emphasizing the shadows between the rocks in … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Bombers, Making work
Tagged Alchemical work, astronomy, mysticism, oils
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