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The Burning Bush
A5 pen and colored pencil drawing of the burning bush in the shape of a menorah, or Ashera tree, with seven branches. There is a heptagram in the flames above the bush, and the spirals of smoke contain the seven names of God (YHWH, Adonai, El, Elohim, Shaddai, Tzevaot, Ehyeh).
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Repent
A5 pen and colored pencil drawing of the head of John the Baptist. Saint John the Forerunner. Døperen Johannes.
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Julia Beck -sur-Loing
A5 sketch of Julia Beck drawn for the guest book at hôtel Chevillon at the end of my residency. The rooms at the hotel are named after famous artists who used to live there, and I drew Julia Beck because my room was the Julia Beck room. Julia Beck (1853-1935) was a Swedish artist, famous…
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Château de Fontainebleau
The city of Fontainebleau is a 10 minute bus ride from my current stay as an artist-in-residence in Grez-sur-Loing. And at the heart of Fontainebleau is Château de Fontainebleau, the palace of Fontainebleau. This was the palace of several French monarchs since the middel ages, and the different sections of the palace reflect the styles…
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The Rock Art of Fontainebleau
These photos are from the exhibition Pierres secrètes: Mythologie préceltique en Forêt de Fontainebleau (Secret stones: Prehistoric mythology in the forest of Fontainebleau) at Musée de Préhistoire Île-de-France in Nemours. The exhibition featured petroglyphs, or rock carvings, done on portable stones found hidden in the Forest of Fontainebleau. It seems like the rock art was…
