The Forest Elder - Original Painting

 The Forest Elder
16 × 20 inches
Gouache and oil on paper, waxed and mounted to a wood cradle panel

Antlers unfold into branches, weather, and memory as the Forest Elder stands at the threshold between physical landscape and pure awareness. He is an expression of the land and a guardian of its memories.

This painting explores guardianship, emergence, and the living intelligence of the natural world. It is part of Haevarun, an evolving mythology and alternate world of my own invention.