Return of the Mayan Mysteries Mayan Mysteries. Her dreaming resurrected the ancient Maya mysteries, from their origins within the web, of flora, fauna, blood, rhythm and celestial cycles of their historic origins. Oil on wood panel, 48 inches by 48 inches, 2015 See Mesoamerican civilizations Maya No related projects. Leave a comment
Salón Arcano Gallery Salón Arcano Gallery presents and exhibits works that deny the existence of a dividing line between art and hermetic philosophy. Hermetic Philosophy and Hermetic Art are not two independent manifestations that have some connections and links between them: they are one and the same thing. Our tradition teaches that art is the expression of our philosophy and our philosophy is the expression of our art. The Gallery was, in its origins, inspired by the Salon de la Rose+Croix of Paris, created in 1892 by Josephín Péladan, which had the intention of exhibiting art that was related to […]
On Prehistoric Cave Paintings If one makes only a rudimentary study of prehistoric cave paintings, it is immediately apparent the majority of them we know of, such as those found on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia at Cueva de El Castillo in Spain and Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave in France, are always created in the most inaccessible and dark locations. Although the majority of the pictures depict herds of animals, research shows there is little evidence to prove any of these images were produced for success in hunting, because in most instances the animals illustrated were not part of the diet […]
Roger Williamson Art Last month saw the launch of the redesigned Roger Williamson Art web site. If you haven’t already had a chance to check it out I hope you will. There are many new features including a Blog, improved Galleries of paintings, impoved navigation and when looking at a page you will see that you are offered links to other related pages. The Shop is yet to be updated but next year will see this improved giving a more attractive and easier shopping experience. Once again thank you all for your continuing support and have a wonderful holiday season – […]
Kali Shop is Open. Products featuring a detail from the original oil painting Dance for Kali by Minneapolis artist Roger Williamson
Number Two 2014 Welcome to the Roger Williamson Art Newsletter. New Paintings 2014 New Items Howling at the Sky: Draconian Architecture and the Sabian Keys Dance for Kali Clothing, Bags and Pillows Dance for Kali featuring the image from my 2012 oil painting. A woman assumes the god form of Kali. She does this to manifest the Goddesses’ personality within herself so that she may be empowered by her. To channel and amplify this she dances before the yantra of Kali, the goddesses’ signature which is used like a talisman in the Western Magical Tradition. The skulls represent epochs of time both past […]
Kali Time Pagan Art Without the Pentagram Pagan Art Without the Pentagram Goddess Kali Time, Posted by Steven Posch on Tuesday, 04 November 2014 in Culture Blogs Anyone who thinks of contemporary pagan art as the preserve of the fey, the twee, or the technically improficient needs to get his (or her) butt down to the Minneapolis Collective of Pagan Artists’ Samhain 2014 exhibit, Doorways to the Underworld, stat. There she (or he) will encounter confident, conceptually mature work by artists fully in command of their respective media. All this without pentagrams. Well, there’s one, but on that, more later. […]
Dante and Beatrice Inferno Dante and Beatrice Inferno is set in 1960’s England 1962, Wednesday night, the Orchid Ballroom. I am here with Virgil, a friend I knew from school. He left the previous year. I am still there, so he knows everything or, so he and I think at the time, about the greater world and its secrets. He is my guide as I attain to the limit of the night. 1962, Wednesday night, the Orchid Ballroom. I am here with Virgil, a friend I knew from school. He left the previous year. I am still there, so he […]
Waiting For Dante, Beatrice At The Inferno Waiting for Dante, Beatrice at the Inferno is set in 1960’s England. 1962, Wednesday night, the Orchid Ballroom. I am here with Virgil, a friend I knew from school. He left the previous year. I am still there, so he knows everything or, so he and I think at the time, about the greater world and its secrets. He is my guide as I attain to the limit of the night. The entrance to the night is a cavern of the new order loud, bright and exciting, a cacophony of chaotic sensory overload, […]