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If you don't create your own reality you are condemned to live in someone else's All original content copyright Roger Williamson  

Tag Archives: symbolism

19
Jun 2015

Dance For Kali All Over Print Shirt

Dance For Kali All Over Print Shirt DESCRIPTION Kali all over shirt ITEM NO LONGER AVAILABLE SEE Kali Shop These premium quality American Apparel all over print shirts feature original art from seam to seam. The cotton-soft 100% polyester wicks moisture and maintains a rich color throughout. All over print tees are unisex fit, so women should make size selections accordingly and order a minimum of one size smaller. Please Note: Every shirt is uniquely produced using a sublimation process that can create anomalies in some areas, typically under the arm, that leaves small portions of fabric white. ABOUT THE […]

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18
Dec 2014

On Prehistoric Cave Paintings

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 […]

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Dec 2014

Kali Shop is Open

  Kali Shop is Open. Products featuring a detail from the original oil painting Dance for Kali by Minneapolis artist Roger Williamson

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Nov 2014

Dante and Beatrice Inferno

  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 […]

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30
Oct 2014

Waiting For Dante, Beatrice At The Inferno

 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, […]

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27
Oct 2014

Atavistic

Atavistic Memories or Palimpsest Oil on wood, 48 inches by 24 inches,2014 Buy the original from Saatchi Art Atavistic Memories depicts a male human figure in the throes of recalling the tracks of his heritage back to the dawn of time. In displaying numerous characteristics from these epochs, he evokes the behavior and mannerisms of each in the present. The phenomenon is in harmony with shamanism, psychedelic experiences, creative dreaming and transformational psychology. First shown at Doorways to the Underworld exhibition, Stevens Square Center for the Arts, October 25th 2014 For related information see Dream Language Atavism is the tendency to revert to […]

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30
Sep 2014

The Vodoun Spirit

The Vodoun Spirit Oil on wood, 48 inches by 24 inches, 2014 Vodoun Spirit, while on a visit to Haiti in the late 1980’s, I happened to be in a market selling locally carved wooden images of Vodoun deities and animals.  As is typical, all were painted in brilliant colors, except for one which really stood out. I purchased the unpainted carving which became the model for this painting. There is more to this story because a friend who was with me purchased two of the painted statues.  At the end of our trip, my friend returned to England and I came home […]

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Aug 2014

Gone to Earth

Gone-to-Earth Gone-to-Earth, is an oil on canvas symbolic painting, 48 inches by 24 inches. Original painting available from Saatchi Art Gone to earth is to enter our inner being, where we become  empowered through contact with our ancestral roots, nourished by the avatar of our power animal.  It is, the healing place. Conversely, to retreat from what we see as the dangers of the world into a secret lair. To go away to a place where people will not be able to find you . Featured as Princess of Earth in Tarot of the Morning Star deck

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Jan 2014

Anesidora, Pandora

Anesidora Greek Pandora Greek Pandora, Anesidora. Oil on wood panel, 96 inches by 48 inches, 2013.  Price on request. Greek Pandora Anesidora, in English Pandora meaning she who sends up gifts, is a title of the Greek Pandora.   It is she who releases man’s opportunities, the challenges we need to overcome so we might grow, from the vase given to her by the Gods. The word  actually implies “from below” meaning within the earth This is the center panel of the triptych     Fall of Man

pandora, Anesidora from Ancient Greek mythology, An original oil painting by Minneapolis visual artist and author Roger Williamson
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