Dionysus Is In The Erratic Dancing In Your Room

St. Michael and the dragon

While this took me a whole lot of time to finish, I am very pleased with the end result, both compositionally and in regard to the colour scheme.

The idea for the ornate, white armour in particular came from an illustration of St. Michael in the book of hours of Henry IV of France, which looks like this:

Also, fun-fact: my hometown celebrates an annual little festival, which as its centre piece features a moving mechanical figure of St. Michael slaying the devil, the colour-scheme of which I also referenced for this painting.

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Close-ups:

An experiment I did with watercolor.

aphrodite & venus + art

I almost went to sleep, but then Hermes said this:

"Avoiding your gods because you feel unworthy is the beginning of a downward spiral. We improve what we touch, and make worthy those whom we love."

So, if you got there in your head, too, just an FYI.

Lucifer’s Fall by Ludwig Fahrenkrog

“At last I have found my calling! My calling is love!”

— St. Therese of Lisieux (via sahumerios)

and i forgive you.

medieval heart-shaped prayer book in a medieval painting and in real life

Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn created a gigantic pair of hands reaching out of Venice’s Grand Canal (2017)

Hecate design!