https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/ Recent content in Paintings on Ritual dust Hugo -- gohugo.io en-ca https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/inpathos-ep/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/inpathos-ep/ A series of 4 imaginary landscape paintings for the latest EP of Inpathos called ascension . I focussed on the symbolism of the places I depicted and the feeling they conjure in order to illustrate the different songs. Painting of shores with high rocky cliffs and blue moonin the distance Painting of the snowy peak of a mountain lost in the clouds Painting of dense woods with a stream going through it, the background fading to fog Painting for the cover of the album, a mountain pass with steep cliffs and some mountains in the distance, a branch crosses the path we're on and storm clouds are gathering overhead https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/illuminations/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/illuminations/ Painting for the cover of the second album “Illuminations” of the local dungeon synth project Aura Merlin . This second album has more of a new age, melodic ambient vibe with still some solid dungeon synth roots. It’s perfect for daydreaming or pondering the deep knowledge hidden in old illuminated medieval tomes. The arwork for it was inspired by medieval manuscripts and the illuminations that embellishes their handwritten pages. https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/aura-merlin-3-swords/ Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/aura-merlin-3-swords/ Painting for the cover of the first album “Three Swords” of the local dungeon synth project Aura Merlin . The concept for the album was a lonely wanderer making their way to this cave in the woods in a quest to find three magical swords. “Attack, threaten or defend A gift, three swords, one choice A passage to transcend Through a smoky cavern, a voice..” I was inspired by Russian landscape painters from the turn of the century for the colors and ruggedness of the trees in these kinds of snow-covered landscapes. https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/glaive-of-mars/ Tue, 18 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/glaive-of-mars/ One of the magical items found in my chtonic travels, a symbolic glaive associated with the god Mars. Pencil and acrylic on paper, 5" x 9" - 2022 Painting of a small glaive with a wolf guard, a pommel representing two snakes eating each others tails and a tip from which a flame rises Detail of the pommel with two gold snakes Detail of the tip of the glaive, coated with gold Detail of the wolf that ornates the guard https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/sun-sickle/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/sun-sickle/ One of the magical items found in my chtonic travels, a symbolic sickle connected with the sun. Pencil and acrylic on paper, 5" x 9" - 2022 Painting of a bronze sickle with a pommel featuring a solar symbol Close up of the handle, wrapped with leather strips and the pommel Detail of the tip of the blade Detail of the pencil and acrylic textures on the blade and the background https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/sun-invocation/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/sun-invocation/ A singular flame, borrowed from the sun, captured in paint on wood, enshrined in a sigil. Acrylic on wood, 6" x 6" - 2021 Final painting, an oil lamp lit with a sigil to the son overlaid over it On winter solstice of this year 2021, I had the feeling that I should take painting back again, after more than 10 years. For a year now I’ve been going on personal and artistic journeys on the solstices and equinoxes, looking for insights and inspiration. https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/underworld-1/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/works/paintings/underworld-1/ This small painting is the first in an ongoing series of depictions of chtonic travels, or katabasis, spiritual descent to the underworld in search of knowledge, lost souls or magical items. Acrylic on wood, 6" x 8" - 2021 Small painting representing a large cave with fire coming from below it, large bonfires are lit inside of it surrounded by tiny figures Detail of the lower part of the painting, showing a ledge, some rising smoke and fire Extreme close up of the painting showing tiny figures with torches assembled around a bonfire Details of the ceiling of the cave, covered with stalactites