Showing posts with label mortality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mortality. Show all posts

Monday, July 25, 2011

the language of flowers


pen and graphite on paper
(210x298mm)

Blue poppy: eternal sleep; oblivion; imagination; extravagance
Morning glory: affectation
Blue poppy and Morning glory in a skull: end of affectation

SOLD

Love no more since he is gone!


pen, colour pencil and graphite on paper
(210x298mm)

Sunday, July 24, 2011

The night's herald


pen and graphite on paper
(210x298mm)

In ancient Greece, owls were often seen as a symbol of good fortune. The idea of the 'wise old owl' may have come into being from the association of the Little Owl with the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athene. 

Wednesday, June 29, 2011