This is a journey...

As above, so below.

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Elk heads



The Elk Head of Huittinen
circa 6000-7000 BC


The wooden Elk head of Rovaniemi
circa 5700 BC

Friday, 16 September 2011

Nicola Samorì




2010 oil on linen, cm 400 x 250

Scoriada
Oil on linen, 2010

2011 oil on linen, cm 200 x 300

Scoriada (J.R.)
oil on linen, 2011

2010, oil on wood, 70 x 50 cm

Revorso
oil on wood, 2010




Thursday, 15 September 2011

Francisco Goya




Witches' Sabbath
(also known as "The Great He-Goat)
1823


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Witches' Sabbath
1789


File:Francisco de Goya, Saturno devorando a su hijo (1819-1823).jpg

Saturn Devouring His Son
1819-1823

File:Goya Dog.jpg

The Dog
1819-1823

File:El coloso.jpg

The Colossus
1808-1812




Monday, 12 September 2011

Aleister Crowley - At Sea





As night hath stars, more rare than ships
In ocean, faint from pole to pole,
So all the wonder of her lips
Hints her innavigable soul.

Such lights she gives as guide my bark;
But I am swallowed in the swell
Of her heart’s ocean, sagely dark,
That holds my heaven and holds my hell.

In her I live, a mote minute
Dancing a moment in the sun:
In her I die, a sterile shoot
Of nightshade in oblivion.

In her my self dissolves, a grain
Of salt cast careless in the sea;
My passion purifies my pain
To peace past personality.

Love of my life, God grant the years
Confirm the chrism - rose to rood!
Anointing loves, asperging tears
In sanctifying solitude!

Man is so infinitely small
In all these stars, determinate.
Maker and moulder of them all,
Man is so infinitely great!



Sunday, 11 September 2011

Peter Beste





From Beste's excellent book True Norwegian Black Metal:




Furze
Sandvika, Norway


http://www.peterbeste.com/home/files/gimgs/13_kvitrafnreaction.jpg

Kvitrafn
Bergen, Norway


http://www.peterbeste.com/home/files/gimgs/13_frost.jpg

Frost in a Cave
Nesodden, Norway




From a Immortal photoshoot, 2009



http://www.peterbeste.com/home/files/gimgs/5_immortal09-318.jpg



Friday, 9 September 2011

Paul Rumsey



Artemis of Ephesos
2000




Box Head
1998



Satyr Family
2002



Procession
1999


Satyr
1999




Monday, 5 September 2011

Theodor Kittelsen


Nokken
(Water Sprite)
1904


Skogtroll
(Forest Troll)
1906


Musstad
1896



Pesta Kommer
(Pest Comes)
1894-95



Fattigmannen
(The Pauper)
1894-95



Pesta i Trappen
(The Plague on Stairs)
1896







Friday, 2 September 2011

Beth Cavener Stichter

"There are primitive animal instincts lurking in our own depths, waiting for the chance to slide past a conscious moment."





The Choleric
2010
stoneware, mixed media





Olympia
2006
Stoneware, white porcelain slip, oil blush, cloth blindfold




A Rush of Blood to the Head
2009
stoneware




A study for Netted Hare
2010