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Adorable forked yearling! He was roadkill, sadly, very near my house. Hit while in velvet and had an unusual tine. He's staying with me.

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𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 . 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐢𝐭

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“The jaws of a Cape Jackal.” The natural history of South Africa. 1919. 

Internet Archive

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Stag dancer.

While lycanthropy is most famous for predatory man eating were-beasts, it was also employed by other nature cults for more benign purposes, such as a ritual to honor the hunt and ensure future success tracking game.

These cults were more likely to chose game animals such as deer or bison instead of the more common wolf or bear lycanghropes. While these forms were not typically meant for attacking people, the stag dancer was more than capable of doing so should the situation arise.

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New things are finally afoot....

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Diaphonized Cat

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“Essence”

Concept for a future painting :D

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Bleeding Heart

I made this funeral for a dead barn swallow that was gifted to me. Today is my birthday, and also Remembrance of the Dead day in my country (it’s just meant to be :P) while it’s mainly focused on victims from WWII, it is also a contemplative day for myself…🌱

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“The Lady Enjoys Some Alone Time“ oil painting on a rhinoceros beetle

 I’ll be framing and adding him to my shop soon!

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Animal Funerals

A couple of photos of my Animal Funeral series throughout the years. They have always been a meditative ritual for me to do and help me see things more clearly and help me feel more in touch with nature.  I hope to make a book one day…

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Reclaimed

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Vague and cryptic hints of what’s to come.

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“Source”

An early Easter speedpainting :)

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Diaphonized Siamese kitten Gore/Snuff blogs do not interact.

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Couple of works that I’m happy with and represent what I’m trying to visualize the most at the moment..:)   I struggle with each piece and have emotional ups and downs, so it’s good to look back and realize this journey of self discovery is not going so badly..:)

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Deer bones picked bare in a forest in northern Germany. Images by Daswebweib on Flickr.

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Over 70 individual art pieces and many more natural specimens make up this finished piece. I have been working on this one for a while! I’m calling it “Unnatural History Museum”

The second image is a detail shot, the third a long exposure shot of it in the dark so you can see the glow-in-the-dark elements