At The University of Minnesota Bio Medical Library I am pleased to have two of my works included as part of the Avivo To Really See exhibit. Exhibiting artists: Jennifer N. Campbell Teresa Audet Jess Ward Kate Clark Roger Williamson Gary R. Melquist Douglas Blue Holly Rapoport Sam Larom KaTa John Casey Heather Spielman Anne South Christi Furnas Andrew Braunberger Kandace Krause Michaela Rachor Cecile Bellamy Peter F. Hinze Tobias Ashley Adams Shining Starr Julia C. Spencer Photovoice participants Avivo is proud to announce that the traveling exhibition To Really See: Exploring the Medication-Taking Experience has opened with the University of Minnesota […]
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Dead Orpheus The Musick’s Over Dead Orpheus, The Musick’s Over, oil on canvas 20 inches by 16 inches, 2017 Original painting available from Saatchi Art See Orpheus and Eurydice
Goddess Shakti Goddess Shakti will be on display as part of the 2017 // Annual call-for-work curated by Joel Coleman at the Gamut Gallery.</ahref=”https:> Opening Saturday November 4th at 7 PM – 11 PM Goddess Shakti whose consort is Shiva. See Hindu God Shiva
Tarot Prince Water, Odysseus Prince Water Odysseus from the expanded and revised second edition of Tarot of the Morning Star I selected a detail from my painting Odyssey for the Prince of Cups, the wily Odysseus being I feel, an appropriate personality type for the attributes the card signifies. All members of his crew die but Odysseus survives through his gifts of subterfuge, slight of hand and cunning. Achieving his goals by any means necessary. It is worth considering that the individuals represented by his crew might be aspects of his personality which are stripped away through the course of his […]
Libra Tarot Justice Tarot Justice corresponds with the zodiac sign of Libra. It represents a high ideal that is seldom achieved. A state of potential awaiting a decision. Depicting strength and force arrested the card illustrates truth originates from within and we should wait to hear the dictate of our inner voice before making a choice. The card does not represent man made law but natural law that is not influenced by greed, fear and the rest of humanities short comings. Justice is the archetypal voice behind Two, Three and Four of Air. A second revised and expanded […]
Scheduled for release October 2017 Divination deck Tarot of the Morning Star Second Edition Seventy Eight Card Deck with booklet, $49.95 Available from Magus Books ISBN: 978-0-9993813-0-4 Divination deck Tarot of the Morning Star was originally published in 2007 as a major arcana deck only limited to 75 signed hand-numbered copies. Introduction If you don’t create your own reality, you are condemned to live in someone else’s. Morning Star, meaning “Lucifer,” is generally assumed to be Venus. However, I believe that Lucifer, the morning star, should be assigned to Sirius, which rises with the Sun to announce the annual […]
A Dreaming Spirit Brings Her Dionysus Dreaming Messenger Spirit, Greek God Dionysus. In this depiction the Dreaming God is an aspect of the Hypnos. In ancient Greek mythology some Dreaming Spirits were referred to as Oneiroi. Oil on wood, 24 inches by 48 inches, 2017. For concepts of communication with spirits in dreams see Dream Linguistics Roger Williamson is a visual artist living and creating in Minneapolis, MN. See A Spirit Comes Greek God of Sleep Hypnos Currently on display at Magus Books Roger Williamson art prints at Magus Books
Hermit Our Inner Guide Tarot Hermit illustrates we should be guided by the light of life symbolized by the Ancient Egyptian ankh representing his lantern. The Hermits eyes are closed symbolizing introspection, listening to the inner voice. This inner voice, according to Julian Jaynes in his book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, was the hallucinated voice of the Gods and or ancestors commonly listened to by our ancient forebears. The jackal headed figure in the background is s synthesis of Wepwawet and Anubis. Wepwawet as “Opener of the Ways” and Anubis our protector on […]
Greek Mythology. Hypnos, a Dreaming Spirit Brings Her Dionysus In ancient Greek mythology some Dreaming Spirits were referred to as Oneiroi. Oil on wood, 24 inches by 48 inches, 2017 Buy Original Painting from Saatchi Art For concepts of communication with spirits in dreams see Dream Linguistics See Religion of Dream