Cruel the ravens call‚ safe the heart that beats true.... The raven has mythological importance to many of the worlds tribes. I have always found it both a potent symbol and a creature of fascination.
I really enjoyed the creative process of painting the raven‚ the underpainting has to be seen to be believed it is like an explosion in a fruit salad factory‚ but by layering to leave scant reveals of white washed underpainting the whole has a depth I love. I was listening to Bach as I painted this work.