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Taurus, the bull, is an earth sign associated with Venus. Tauruses are earthy, pragmatic, seekers of comfort. They have a sensual side, and a powerful desire for both security and appreciation from others. Tauruses also have a strong sense of fairness and a love of animals. The constellation of Taurus is in the Northern hemisphere between Aries and Gemini.
Size: 2″ x 2″
Mixed media: oil, paper, ink, varnish, and gold pigment on canvas.
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An allegorical emblem which connects the symbolic attributes of the planet Mars with the red lion of alchemy. Such attributes being strength, potency, fire, aggression.
Size: 2″ x 2″
Mixed media: oil, paper, ink, varnish, and gold pigment on canvas.
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An allegorical emblem depicting Venus, both as goddess and planet. She carries a lily branch with three flowers, often symbolizing a coming age of holiness.
Size: 2″ x 2″
Mixed media: oil, paper, ink, varnish, gold pigment on canvas.
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Nashira, also known as Gamma Capricorni, is a bright star in the constellation of Capricornus. The name Nashira is from the Arabic for “the bearer of good news.”
Size: 2″ x 2″
Mixed media: oil, paper, ink, varnish, and gold pigment on canvas.
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In mediaeval times, the scholars who wrote books on Natural History were typically sequestered in monasteries, and usually relied upon the tales of travelers for the “facts” of which they wrote. Many of the fanciful animals found in bestiaries were based upon such oral accounts, and as a result the monk-scholar patched together a representation of creatures taking characteristics from known animals. Such a patchwork is what we call a “chimera” and in this picture we have what was probably thought to be a whale or porpoise, or possibly a manatee, having a fishlike body but a head somewhat more like a cow.
This enigmatic sea monster is from an old astronomical illustration, and in the context of this work, is thus fixed in the heavens and fixed in an ocean of amber, peeking out from behind a wall of gold and text fragments, some kind of ancient relic waiting to be deciphered by some future monk-scholar perhaps.
Size: 2″ x 2″
Mixed media: pigment, oil, ink, varnish, paper, gold dust, gold leaf on canvas.
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