Familiars of Dark Fortune - Greater Horned Owl 🔴 SOLD

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Oil, acrylic, fluorescent paint and copper leaf on hand made wooden icon board from the Ukraine, 25x30x4cm. (See fluorescent effects by backlight in additional photos). Comes with dark palette used to create the piece, divination pendulum featured and a fortune-gram!
Perched upon the ancient bough of an oak tree, the Great Horned Owl stands as a silent guardian of the unseen, a creature long associated with witchcraft, hidden knowledge, prophecy and the mysteries of death. Its piercing amber eyes seem to look beyond the physical world, seeing truths concealed within darkness. The mighty oak symbolises endurance, ancestral wisdom and the sacred connection between the earthly and spiritual realms, while the lichen clinging to its bark represents the slow passage of time, resilience and the quiet persistence of life. Delicate fungi emerge from the decaying wood, embodying transformation, regeneration and the eternal cycle of death and rebirth.
Suspended beneath the owl’s formidable talons hangs an amethyst divination pendulum, a symbol of intuition, spiritual protection and the search for answers beyond ordinary perception. The owl becomes both keeper and oracle, inviting us to trust the wisdom found in darkness. Behind its feathered crown, a celestial eclipse glows with a signature fluorescent pink aura, its scattering of golden stars suggesting fate, cosmic guidance and the infinite possibilities of the unknown. Swirling shadows envelop the ancient woodland, while the copper-leaf arch evokes a sacred portal between worlds. A creature often feared as a harbinger of misfortune, the owl is reclaimed here as a powerful familiar of dark fortune, reminding us that what we fear may also hold the wisdom we seek.