The Cailleach~Winter Solstice
She holds the time on the Celtic Wheel from the Winter Solstice until Imbolc at the beginning of February. She is the Old Woman, the Hag, the Elder of Elders, the Bone Mother, the Crone. Her terrain is Stillness and Emptiness, that palm holding the soul from the body’s last breath in the great pause of formless mystery. Each moment of our lives, we move ever closer to Her, slowly, incrementally, Her lines etching more and more upon our bodies, remembering the privilege of being a child of this earth.
There are many stories of the Cailleach, but it is the aspect of Her as The One Who Sees that I felt most strongly in making this painting of Her. The One who Sees the Truth, despite the seductions of wanting it to be otherwise, through the narcissism, through the illusions and denials of the status quo, through all of the Mr. Foxes’ promises and proclamations. Like the candle in the center of the Winter Spiral, She holds the light in the wind and darkness, her eyes seeing straight into the heart of every being and situation, saying “Stay Awake…Take courage and Look…Stay Awake.”
The process of making this painting was unlike any of the others. She transformed again and again, from Mother to Child to Father to Guardian to Magician to Child, landing in this way for now. She is all of these aspects and more, like Her great pot that contains every herb and medicine of the world, Her willingness to See that excludes nothing.
As the ice and snow falls now in many of the northern parts, may you feel the light of Her compassionate and fierce love of Truth, Her Seeing eyes and heart, Her call to remember your body is of these Stones and that more often than not, sorrow and heartbreak is the doorway, and She is there to hold the candle for you to stay Awake🔥
Signed and Numbered, Limited Edition Fine Art Print on Matte Eco Hemp Hahnemühle Paper, overall dimensions 12 x 22.
She holds the time on the Celtic Wheel from the Winter Solstice until Imbolc at the beginning of February. She is the Old Woman, the Hag, the Elder of Elders, the Bone Mother, the Crone. Her terrain is Stillness and Emptiness, that palm holding the soul from the body’s last breath in the great pause of formless mystery. Each moment of our lives, we move ever closer to Her, slowly, incrementally, Her lines etching more and more upon our bodies, remembering the privilege of being a child of this earth.
There are many stories of the Cailleach, but it is the aspect of Her as The One Who Sees that I felt most strongly in making this painting of Her. The One who Sees the Truth, despite the seductions of wanting it to be otherwise, through the narcissism, through the illusions and denials of the status quo, through all of the Mr. Foxes’ promises and proclamations. Like the candle in the center of the Winter Spiral, She holds the light in the wind and darkness, her eyes seeing straight into the heart of every being and situation, saying “Stay Awake…Take courage and Look…Stay Awake.”
The process of making this painting was unlike any of the others. She transformed again and again, from Mother to Child to Father to Guardian to Magician to Child, landing in this way for now. She is all of these aspects and more, like Her great pot that contains every herb and medicine of the world, Her willingness to See that excludes nothing.
As the ice and snow falls now in many of the northern parts, may you feel the light of Her compassionate and fierce love of Truth, Her Seeing eyes and heart, Her call to remember your body is of these Stones and that more often than not, sorrow and heartbreak is the doorway, and She is there to hold the candle for you to stay Awake🔥
Signed and Numbered, Limited Edition Fine Art Print on Matte Eco Hemp Hahnemühle Paper, overall dimensions 12 x 22.
She holds the time on the Celtic Wheel from the Winter Solstice until Imbolc at the beginning of February. She is the Old Woman, the Hag, the Elder of Elders, the Bone Mother, the Crone. Her terrain is Stillness and Emptiness, that palm holding the soul from the body’s last breath in the great pause of formless mystery. Each moment of our lives, we move ever closer to Her, slowly, incrementally, Her lines etching more and more upon our bodies, remembering the privilege of being a child of this earth.
There are many stories of the Cailleach, but it is the aspect of Her as The One Who Sees that I felt most strongly in making this painting of Her. The One who Sees the Truth, despite the seductions of wanting it to be otherwise, through the narcissism, through the illusions and denials of the status quo, through all of the Mr. Foxes’ promises and proclamations. Like the candle in the center of the Winter Spiral, She holds the light in the wind and darkness, her eyes seeing straight into the heart of every being and situation, saying “Stay Awake…Take courage and Look…Stay Awake.”
The process of making this painting was unlike any of the others. She transformed again and again, from Mother to Child to Father to Guardian to Magician to Child, landing in this way for now. She is all of these aspects and more, like Her great pot that contains every herb and medicine of the world, Her willingness to See that excludes nothing.
As the ice and snow falls now in many of the northern parts, may you feel the light of Her compassionate and fierce love of Truth, Her Seeing eyes and heart, Her call to remember your body is of these Stones and that more often than not, sorrow and heartbreak is the doorway, and She is there to hold the candle for you to stay Awake🔥
Signed and Numbered, Limited Edition Fine Art Print on Matte Eco Hemp Hahnemühle Paper, overall dimensions 12 x 22.