• Seasons of the Witch •

I forgot to take good pictures of this before shipping, but here it is!

In the light

Wrekodara and the Sea Serpent.

Ink, watercolor & colored pencils on paper.

© noxsatvrn

The artwork depicts one scene from Serat Dewaruci, a narrative poem by Yasadipura I, the royal poet of Kasunanan Surakarta based on an even older text, Nawaruci, by a hindu priest Mpu Çiwamurti.

Wrekodara, also known by the name Bhima and Sena is a figure from the Hindu Epic Mahabharata. The 2nd eldest of the five Pandawa born ritualistically through the blessing of Lord Vayu, short-tempered yet kind and compassionate he's the strongest one among his siblings.

In the Pre-islamic Java, Wrekodara was adored by the common folk especially in the agriculture community as he was venerated as the symbol of masculinity and fertility, proven by many archaeological findings of ancient statues depicting Wrekodara. Traditions and myths surrounding Wrekodara persists to this day through the tradition of Wayang Kulit (Javanese shadow puppetry) telling stories about him during harvest festivals in several remote villages as well as the myth about the origin of a sacred spring near Dieng Highlands called Tuk Bima Lukar.

Joe Phillips Flight of the Witch Boys. 2020.

A rainbow coven of witch boys - composite art by Joe Phillips. Blessed Samhain! https://witchboys.com/

• The Neophyte •

• Witch of the Sun •

• candle magic •

A few recent works for a new project I’ve been working on 🧙🏻

Astral Witch

“Me in the treehouse, 2023” film

"Elven Shaman"

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It has the feeling as if a tsunami wave of discontent has come into town drowning you in utter dissatisfaction. Through no fault of your own your social calendar has dried up of events or activities that you were so willing to participate in this coming weekend. From your vantage point you assert that there must be other activities out there that you can do to fill up all the empty spaces in your daily planner. The very real possibly concerning you is that in the meantime you are going to have to settle for those annoying time wasting activities you dislike so much while waiting for something more enjoyable to come along.

Old painting I did of the Celtic god Cernunnos or Herne. I’m a big fan of Celtic mythology and Cernunnos is one of my favorite gods. This is more of a gas lamp fantasy version of the god, a “what if people new stopped worshiping him” kinda deal.