Original artwork description:

ATTN: THIS PIECE IS RESERVED FOR EXHIBITION UNTIL END JANUARY 2026.

In contemporary Western cultures, life unfolds at a rapid, anthropocentric pace. We rarely pause to imagine ourselves as part of a larger, interdependent world. Yet only a few centuries ago, and still today within some Indigenous traditions, humans lived in much closer spiritual dialogue with the non-human — with animals, landscapes, and unseen forces regarded as messengers, guides, or divine presences.

My painting revisits this older way of sensing reality and is intentionally open for interpretation. The bird-like beings can be read as forgotten deities, ancestral spirits, or simply the overwhelming forces that inhabit the imaginal realm — our inner judges, heavy thoughts, or revelations that rise “over human.

Oil on uncradled panel
Varnished
Size H50 x W40 x D0.2 cm

PLEASE KINDLY NOTE:
- the colors in life may slightly vary from the photo due to lighting sources or monitor settings.
- the parcel will be sent from Finland. Should the delivery address be outside the EU, the recipient may need to declare the painting and pay some local VAT and customs duties.

Materials used:

oil on panel

Tags:

#oil painting #monochrome #framed #spiritual #black white #large painting #magical realism #dark art #deity #plague doctor #symbolic animals #crows ravens