Deindustrialization - Surreal Landscape Painting the ferryman or the double of a

or the double of a witch traveling to the Sabbat

I feel that abstraction gives me the means to translate the power and awe-inspiring nature of these beings in a way that more representational images do not

The ladders inside the green heart of the world stand for the mystical practice of ascending to heaven and the elevation of the soul

The original mixed media surreal landscape painting is 16 x 20" on heavy cotton watercolor board and can be framed without glass

I always depict angels and other spirits abstractly

Deindustrialization - Surreal Landscape Painting the ferryman or the double of aWhen things break down, other things step in. That's what this painting is about. For me, having seen a lot of abandoned industrial sites, one of the things that seems important powerful, in a quiet way is how nature reclaims these areas, whether they are old factories or burial sites of toxic wastes. The plants move in and take over, and by extension, I think the animals and people move in and begin the process of healing. This is something that