This painting came to me in a dream. I don’t dream often and this dream came after years of dreamless nights. I woke up, took out my tablet, and sketched it directly upon waking. The general fee...
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The Tower
The Tower is a tarot card that can represent upheaval, unexpected change, destruction and other ideas associated with radical change. Looking at the world in which I have been working on this tarot se...
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The Hung Man
This painting will feature a fairly traditional hanged man, but shirtless rather than with the blue shirt. Just for fun and to not let a play on words go to waste, I will give the painting a reason fo...
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The Fool
My fool is a young man doing a handstand with his head bent back smelling a white rose from a bush. The rose bush is growing on a ledge of a cliff. Under his hands the stick holding his rucksack. The ...
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The Magician
This painting is the second in my tarot series. This card drew me in for a few reasons, not the least of which is my close friendship to a follower of the chaos magic tradition. I also see this card a...
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The (gay) Lovers Card
My choices When I decided to do a tarot card series of painting, I was definitely drawn to “The Lovers” card the strongest. This card had come up in a recent reading for me, and it occu...
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Tarot Card Oil Series
A friend of mine recently did a tarot card reading for me and looking at the art I thought it might be interesting to look further into the symbology and put my own spin on them. I will have to pull f...
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Absolut Attorney Background
Back Story: As a political activist, I run into many different kinds of people; politics is supposed to be inherently inclusive. However, not everyone thinks politics should be inclusive, and so from ...