Max Ernst’s World of Moss, Fern and Forest

Todd Powelson

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 14, 2016

Max Ernst is definitely one of my favorite painters, and I especially love his invention and work with grattage. Check these out!

This is the way the things will look when moss, fern and forest cover the human world.

*“The Numerous Family”, by Max Ernst, 1926*

*“Marlene (Mother and son)” by Max Ernst, 1940*

*“The Stolen Mirror” by Max Ernst, 1941*

Todd Powelson

Todd Powelson works as a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Visual Artist.

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Promise, hope, and new beginnings!

Vanquish the nonsense!

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Beyond the Dreamtime

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 28, 2016

The paintings of Ainslie Roberts.

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Between the Trees

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

I think I've finally finished this new artwork, called "Between the Trees". See the evolution of the idea.

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Promethea

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 11, 2015

Promethea is another comic series that might suit your mood this time of year.

The myth of Heracles, a.k.a. Hercules, is one of the first stories I remember reading as a little kid.

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New Artwork: Bird Buddies!

03/28/24

DELIGHT! Artwork by Pierr Morgan

Your soul is a butterfly!

New artwork for the first episode in a series on Jesus and his time in the Garden of Gethsemane.

The image above is inspired by the Star tarot card, which often shows a woman pouring water into water and onto the land.

Thanks, little buddies!

Run free and wild Scoutie, I love you forever!

Fly free, little blue boy Louie. I love you forever!

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A Dream of Osiris

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 19, 2015

Dreams can be pretty important. Maybe not always, but they certainly can be.

Michelangelo and the Creation of Man

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2013

In Michelangelo‘s “Creation of Man” the figure of God and the Heavenly Host actually form the shape of a human brain.

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Animal Destiny: New Moon Night

09/05/22

A quiet silhouette across the night sky.

I know that I hung on that windy tree.

Animal Destiny: Knight of Fire

Max Ernst and His Controversial Rubbings

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 16, 2010

Bird/horse/human hybrid escaping the forest and dancing through modern city streets.

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Athena Throws the Great Dragon Down

12/31/21

Athena throws her demons down!

.. and sometimes, as I roamed, it seemed like the green was watching and aware of me too.

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The Hero

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 6, 2016

I finished reading a comic series a few weeks ago, called The Hero, that has quickly become one of my very favorites.

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Fallen Angel, Fearful Man

09/26/21

It's hard living through an apocalypse.

The evening/morning star, our planet Venus, has kept me good company on many mountain strolls.

Be a good boy! I love you forever.

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Thoth

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 27, 2014

The Thoth deck is mindbogglingly beautiful!

Gentle hand gesture give wild predator hugs.

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The Art of Giorgio De Chirico

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 1, 2010

Empty Streets, Mannequins, and Tasty Biscuits

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Wildwood

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 19, 2014

I have a very strong interest in oracles and omens and I think if we can keep our eyes open, we’ll realize they are everywhere.

With this artwork, I am interested in tracking the movement of the woman's arm geometry through time as they follow a bird's flight.

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Athena

Updated and Rewritten 11/22/20

Athena is recognized as the goddess of civilization, wisdom, arts & craft, inspiration & creativity, strategy, skill, strength, & justice.

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The Wheel of Life

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 24, 2014

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) May 6, 2020

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) JULY 25, 2018

Tall trees reach into the sky, branches creating new eye shapes for the moon to peek through with each step. These moon eyes became hypnotic, watching the moon watch me.

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Set and the Dismemberment of Osiris

10/9/20

This is a dream image.

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Picasso’s Vollard Suite Revisited

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 25, 2012

I just can’t get enough of Picasso's artwork, and it is time to revisit those Vollard Suite prints.

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Queen of Cups

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) June 8, 2020

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Planting Osiris' Spaceship in the Underworld

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) July 30, 2020

A #dream image that has stuck with me for years and pressed itself into my imagination.

Fly free, Buddy. I love you forever!

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Figure Drawing Archive

03/31/2020

My Figure Drawings archive.

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Coyote

ORIGINALLY POSTED (to Instagram) OCTOBER 3, 2018

It started a few months ago last spring with a pair of coyote I'd sometimes run into. I'd spot them up the hills. By the river.

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David Hockney’s Trees

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 11, 2013

I like to watch documentaries while I draw sometimes.

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Wings Across the West

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 10, 2014

There is something special about our feathered pals.

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The Wolf

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 15, 2015

The Wolf was an end and a beginning.

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The Green Man

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 9, 2014

Branches and bark on his face and skin, leaves as his hair, with flowers and foliage growing out of his mouth.

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The House in Grey

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

I’ve got Marc Chagall on my brain again.

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Franz Marc: Horses, Deer and Animal Destiny

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 29, 2016

Today I just wanted to look at some of Franz Marc‘s paintings.

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“East Meets West” in Ghost Town Cisco

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 7, 2012

I’d travel down to the ghost town Cisco to do some weekend work in the surrounding area and earn a little extra cash.

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They Live!

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 22, 2012

There is another Presidential debate tonight…

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The Uncanny X-Men

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 25, 2014

When I was a kid the Uncanny X-Men were my thing.

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Dovilio Brero the Atlantean

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 6, 2014

It's a strange but interesting world!

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Paracelsus Research Society

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 27, 2011

Alchemy is an old science, a forerunner of chemistry.

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“H” is for Homunculus

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 25, 2011

There are many systems of magick (gratuitous “k” included) that I find very interesting.

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Locke & Key

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MAY 19, 2013

One of my favorite comics, Locke & Key.

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Prophet

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Catching up with the comic series Prophet.

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Creepy Yearbook

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 31, 2013

Gotta love Charles Burns!

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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 19, 2012

One of my favorite paintings is Paul Gauguin‘s “Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?”.

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Fiddler on the Roof!

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 11, 2012

All about Marc Chagall!

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Aaaaah Matisse

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 6, 2012

I stumbled upon this picture the other day and I can’t get it out of my mind.

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De Chirico – The Mathematician

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 8, 2012

This last week I came across the drawing above by artist Georgio de Chirico called the Mathematician.

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The Exquisite Corpse

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 24, 2012

The Exquisite Corpse is a game invented by the Surrealists

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Wassily Kandinsky

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 21, 2012

If the world is supposed to end sometime today, I at least want to see some of Wassily Kandinsky‘s artwork again before we all blow up…

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 27, 2013

Searching for and studying reproductions of Utagawa Kuniyoshi‘s woodblock prints has become something of an obsession.

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Yoshitoshi’s Underwater Fight!

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 29, 2013

I wanted to post Yoshitoshi's “Underwater Fight” because I really like this picture!

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Minotauromachy

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2013

I love this picture so much!

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Manifest Destiny

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 15, 2014

I did read the first collection of a new series called Manifest Destiny.

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Mindscapes, Talking with Gods, and Captured Ghosts

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 27, 2014

One thing I like to do while I draw though is have a documentary playing.

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I am Groot!

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 3, 2014

Off to see Groot and Company later today. Trees are such good buddies!

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The Celestials

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 5, 2014

I was probably first introduced to The Celestials way back in Thor 300.

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The Blind Minotaur

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 8, 2013

I’m kind of on a Minotaur kick.

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Albrecht Dürer’s Engravings

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 24, 2013

I’ve been looking at Albrecht Dürer’s engravings a lot this week.

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The Flash

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

This post is dedicated to Finn and Jake!

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Happy Halloween!

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 31, 2014

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JULY 9, 2015

Marvel Comics is doing some very cool stuff in all of their books, and all of those books tie into their newest event, Secret Wars.

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Jan van Eyck’s Last Judgement

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 6, 2014

I’ve been looking at a lot of old religious artwork lately, and have been enjoying the work of Jan van Eyck especially.

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Artwork at the Mustang Temple

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 22, 2014

Lost Treasures of Tibet

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The Raft of the Medusa

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON AUGUST 24, 2014

The picture of the day today is “The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault.

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Woman with a Crow

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 12, 2014

Thinking about Picasso‘s image “Woman with a Crow”

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Cubes & Bikes & Ladies

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2014

It seems like a great day to look at artwork by Fernand Leger.

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Baltimore

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 4, 2015

I’ve recently discovered a comic book that has revived my interest again, called Baltimore.

Today I’m posting some of Georgia O’Keefe‘s cityscapes.

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Hunters in the Snow

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 14, 2014

Pieter Bruegel‘s painting “Hunters in the Snow”

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Swimming with Niki de Saint-Phalle

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 28, 2014

Today I am looking at the work of Niki de Saint-Phalle.

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The Invisibles

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 18, 2015

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 25, 2015

I meant to talk about The White Lama…

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America

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 7, 2018

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2013

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 14, 2013

The poem “in Just-” has wedged itself into my imagination.

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A person’s life purpose…

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON APRIL 19, 2013

A person’s life purpose

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Skinwalker Ranch

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OCTOBER 27, 2013

I was probably in Junior High or something when I first heard about skinwalkers.

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You Call A Tree A Tree…

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON DECEMBER 7, 2013

I probably first read The Hobbit when I was about nine years old.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JUNE 29, 2014

“I will stamp my name upon men’s minds forever!”

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Designa

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON JANUARY 18, 2015

I like to spend time wandering through bookstores, just to see what I can find.

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Figurative Jackson Pollock

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2015

I really enjoy the work of Jackson Pollock.

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Elegy to the Spanish Republic

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It occurs to me that I haven’t posted any Robert Motherwell

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Dürer’s Self Portrait

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MARCH 15, 2015

I’ve always really liked this self-portrait by Albrecht Dürer. Let's all look at it again

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