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Prairie Whales

Size: 16" x 10"

Medium: Acrylic

Support: Canvas

When I stand at the edge of a field out in the belly of the Canadian prairies i can't help but think of the ocean.  The way the grass waves in the wind. The distant whine of working farm equipment.  The dappled sunlight coming through scattered clouds. 

I love this painting because it feels like a dream, but also because it's the first I've painted my backyard.  Well, the field behind my backyard, and there's no whales out there. 

Probably.

…and are repetitive unless I draw them.

In alchemy, putrefactio is the crucial stage of decomposition and rotting where old forms break down completely. Represented by the blackening or nigredo, this process reduces materials to a uniform black mass. It is the essential death of the old before spiritual or physical rebirth.

Inspired by Helen Frankenthaler

Hello !
This is already the 10th card I'm showing from the oracle card deck I'm currently creating, called The Non-places. The illustration was done in Blender, Zbrush and photoshop. Hope you like it :)