Sacred Fire - Surreal Landscape Painting - SOLD witch of endor Based on two cemetery trees

Based on two cemetery trees

I decided against a naturalist approach to color but instead to make use of color "vibration" (combining complementaries

The original oil painting is 16 x 20"/41 x 51cm on canvas with a gallery profile (1

Those shells are not evil but simply protect the sparks and give them form until they are ready to burst free

Or they might be just sleeping with the light on to keep the dark away

Sacred Fire - Surreal Landscape Painting - SOLD witch of endor Based on two cemetery treesA spirit watches over the village, but it's the people who keep the sacred fire burning. There are always some night owls up late, reading, working, painting, playing a quiet violin, making magic, or just listening to the still of the night. The original mixed media surreal landscape painting is 9 x 12" on heavy cotton watercolor paper. It combines watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil, and should be framed behind glass or acrylic.