Metaphysical Paintings, Gallery Three

Metaphysical Paintings

Roger Williamson Art is the home page of visual metaphysical artist Roger Williamson, who resides and creates in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

His works focus on symbolic and occult themes.

atavistic memories, recalling, transition, morphing, human, animal, Williamson artist, occult — Atavistic Memories

In Times of Peril. The painting illustrates a technique utilized by some practitioners of the magical tradition to ward off what is perceived as, and known by, psychic attack. In many ways, the method mirrors the use in Medieval times on churches where a grotesque image, gargoyle, was stationed on the outside of the building to ward off evil influences,Williamson artist, occult artist — In Times of Peril, She Would Call Up All Strange Orders Of Spirits Into Her Aura To Protect Herself From Evil

Three Levels of Fall. Left Panel Fall: Paradise is for those who do what they are told Reaching for the serpent of wisdom and knowledge the seeker awakens the suppressed aspects of the self. The awakened individual becomes alert to all the previously suppressed personalities and potentials. We wake up through escaping from the prison of religion and societies values. At the bottom left is our deepest sense of being. It is awakening from sleep symbolized by the figure’s necklace that is Kephera, the Ancient Egyptian Sun at Night, that forces the Sun to rise at dawn. On the bottom right of the work we can see the sleeper is guarded by the Goat of Mendes. Center Panel ANESIDORA Anesidora, 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, from the vase given to her by the Gods. Right Panel She Enters Her Dream And Takes Back Her Mask Of Power What we need we find within.Metaphysical, occult artist — Three Levels of Fall

Fall is the left panel ot the triptych Three Levels of Fall. Left Panel Fall: Paradise is for those who do what they are told Reaching for the serpent of wisdom and knowledge the seeker awakens the suppressed aspects of the self. The awakened individual becomes alert to all the previously suppressed personalities and potentials. We wake up through escaping from the prison of religion and societies values. At the bottom left is our deepest sense of being. It is awakening from sleep symbolized by the figure’s necklace that is Kephera, the Ancient Egyptian Sun at Night, that forces the Sun to rise at dawn. On the bottom right of the work we can see the sleeper is guarded by the Goat of Mendes.Metaphysical — Fall

Center Panel Anesidora, 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, from the vase given to her by the Gods. — Pandora, Anesidora

Right Panel She Enters Her Dream And Takes Back Her Mask Of Power What we need we find within. — She Entered Her Dream and Took Back Her Mask of Power

Sphinx, Femme Fatale, Goddess, Woman, Ancient Greek Mythology, Sphinx, enigma, puzzle, mystery, enigmatic, mythology, greek, femme fatale, occult artist — Sphinx, mystery is energy

Temptation hovers over a young woman's left shoulder Dedicated to the memory of Belgian painter Felicien Rops, occult artist — LeLet Me Talk Over Your Left Shoulder

williamson artGallery Paintings,symbolic artist. The De Quincy connection provides another example of altered state religious experience induced by a mind altering substance leading to derangement of the senses. Thomas De Quincy’s book, Confessions of an English Opium Eater, is a detailed account of the day to day life of an early 19th century laudanum addict written in chronological style. However, in the chapter Levana and our Ladies of Sorrow we find a dramatic textual shift into one of a gnomic style that attempts to depict an alien phantasmagoric world, Metaphysical, occult artist — Sabbat, or The Dark Interpreter, De Quincey Dreams of Levanah and Our Ladies of Sorrow.

In this painting Orpheus is depicted being carried on the River of Oblivion after is death at the hands of the Maenads,Williamson art, occult — Dead Orpheus

From the Papyrus of Ani, Chapter 15 Adoration of Ra at his rising on the eastern horizon of heaven, by the Osiris scribe of the holy offerings of all the gods, Ani. — The Coming of Ra

Greek mythology, Hypnos, Night, Nyx, Morpheus,Williamson art, Metaphysical — Dreaming Within the Fields of Hypnos

moonpool, artemis,Greek mythology, — Bathing at the Moonpool

Kubla Khan painting, oil on canvas — Gate of the Pleasure Dome

Dionysus, Hypnos, Dreaming Spirit original oil painting, Metaphysical — Dreaming Spirit Brings Her Dionysus

Roger Williamson’s works belong to a “theatre” of life.

Furthermore, building upon classical myths and occult themes, the paintings invite viewers into spheres of consciousness—portraits and kaleidoscopic colour palettes.

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Born in Loughborough, England, in 1947 and growing up in Coventry Williamson was inspired from an early age by the French Symbolist painters of late nineteenth-century France,

In conjunction with his esoteric upbringing and practical experiences of mythology and dream control, these artistic influences form the matrix, a collective oeuvre upon which his paintings and writings are an extension.

Technique

Using diverse creative media, whether painting or writing books, Williamson endeavours to develop techniques that materialize the sensuous dreaming experience into the language of the waking world. Additionally, the aim is to reintroduce mystery and ambiguity into human existence through creativity, guiding audiences toward vibrant living.

Roger Williamson is the creator of the Tarot of the Morning Star deck and the author of The Sun at Night.

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