The Host Of Seraphim

This piece is simply beautiful. Using a very surrealist style in the figure of the angel. It brings us back to the artistic style of the early Renaissance when alchemy was on the rise and astrology was being embraced once more.

In a way this piece scares me. At first it seems, cheerful and bright from the way the sun and moon intimately connect. To the cute children of the seraph.

However on closer inspection you see this pieces' second face in the eyes. They appear out of place at first but soon start to show that this angel is not all grace but is in fact a medusa hidden behind her vale of venus. While everything smiles, it seems also sad. The mystery seems to always come back to the eyes which leave no real clue of their true intentions. Even the sun seems in on it.

It is hard to understand this painting which is what could make me look at it for hours. Much of the alchemical art is like this, with the meaning hidden in the corner like a very well done Wheres Wally puzzle.

I find it intriguing and feel it deserves to share the title of a Dead Can Dance song of a similar nature.