Myth & Magick: The Morrigan
Completed Februrary 2011.
12"x9"; pen&ink on watercolor paper.
The Morrigan, a figure from Irish mythology whose name means "Great Queen" or "Phantom Queen", is popularly known as a goddess of war and bloodshed; but in my research I discovered that she is more properly a goddess of sovereignty. The bloodshed is just what happens if you try violating that sovereignty!
I had a great deal of anger manifest while creating this piece - anger at wrongs done to me and others, anger at flawed and damaging societal systems, anger at all those who seek to control others to feed their own insecurity. Anger is a terrifying, destructive, cleansing, empowering force. Like any powerful tool it can be used and abused to great effect. The Morrigan is all about the proper use of that force, the channeling of destructive energy in service of greater things.
Read my blog post about this piece.
Prints are available at my Redbubble site.
12"x9"; pen&ink on watercolor paper.
The Morrigan, a figure from Irish mythology whose name means "Great Queen" or "Phantom Queen", is popularly known as a goddess of war and bloodshed; but in my research I discovered that she is more properly a goddess of sovereignty. The bloodshed is just what happens if you try violating that sovereignty!
I had a great deal of anger manifest while creating this piece - anger at wrongs done to me and others, anger at flawed and damaging societal systems, anger at all those who seek to control others to feed their own insecurity. Anger is a terrifying, destructive, cleansing, empowering force. Like any powerful tool it can be used and abused to great effect. The Morrigan is all about the proper use of that force, the channeling of destructive energy in service of greater things.
Read my blog post about this piece.
Prints are available at my Redbubble site.