"SACRED JOURNEY OF THE CROW" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ON STRETCHED CANVAS © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Sacred Journey of the Crow"

4" x 5" oil over mixed media background
gallery wrap stretched canvas with lots o texture!!

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I have been so excited about crows lately...painting them that is!  We have had an influx of them of late...don't know why, but I'm glad. I also go up the mountain to our local grocery and for some reason they love it up there...so there has been ample opportunity to get crow photos! YEA!

I used to be spooked by crows...I suppose it's all the horror stories I see...in these movies and in recent cultural lore crows have often been seen as a symbol of death and omens of bad things to come, BUT DID YOU KNOW that actually crows have been seen as sacred. Even in the bible crows have been seen as birds that brought bread, in many Indian cultures they are seen as supreme beings, they are seen as messengers.  Some really POSITIVE meanings for the crow. 

I've coupled this crow with a spiral; seems I've done that a good bit of late.  As I've also said before the symbolism of the spiral is a symbol of things like Balance, Progress, Direction, Initiation, Centering, Expanding, Awareness, Connection, Journeying, Development. THUS you can see how I came to the name.

For this little painting I chose to let the very textured background serve as the backdrop of the very purply dark bird who has landed for a moment of reflection before continuing on his journey; which I choose to be of enlightenment!  Don't we all need a bit of enlightenment from time to time!!

On the 24th of November I will be participating in a Christmas shopping event up in Conifer where I will bring this little guy for you to see in person if you like!!  More details will be oming soon!!

HAPPY CREATING!!

"RUFFLED FEATHERS" ORIGINAL MIXED MEDIA ON 4X4" PANEL © SAUNDRA LANE GALLOWAY

"Ruffled Feathers"

4"x4" mixed media on panel

SOLD in my ETSY shop!

 

I had to paint another crow as a companion to "Crow" and this guy was it.  I know the two backgrounds are not photographed equally...the first one was a little bright in the photo, but they were painted side by side, so they do go together nicely.  Or, they stand alone just fine also!  As I've been doing, I added black to the sides so it can sit on an easel alone, or I have also added (at no extra cost) a black acid free/lightfast backer board that is 5x5" so, when mounted the painting "floats" free of edges being cut off. 

 

HAPPY CREATING!!