Hex Off (Branch, Soil, Garlic, Beak)
2025
Acrylic, dye, screenprint, and walnut ink on grain sack
50 x 50 inches

#magic #sigil #folkmagic #protectionspell #utah #ancestral #acrylic #screenprint #painting #flag

Sigil (Ostara)
2025
Screenprint on laser-cut acrylic with brass and ball bearings
14 x 14 x 6 inches

Blessed #ostara (vernal equinox) y’all! Now is the time to celebrate rebirth of spring, but also #balance and #equilibrium.

Sigil (Ostara)
2025
Screenprint on laser-cut acrylic with brass and ball bearings
14 x 14 x 6 inches

Blessed #ostara (vernal equinox) y’all! Now is the time to celebrate rebirth of spring, but also #balance and #equilibrium.

More iterations on a #spell from a mage in #Utah, circa 1960s. “To prevent evil eye, gather snakes' skin, or snakes' heads, tie them in a #handkerchief, and wear them on any part of your clothing so they can't be seen”
#contemporaryart #painting #dye #evileye #losangelesart #evileye #folkmagic

Protection #spell from a #mage in Salt Lake City, circa 1960: “To prevent evil eye, gather snakes' skin, or snakes' heads, tie them in a handkerchief, and wear them on any part of your clothing so they can't be seen”
#contemporaryart #painting #dye #evileye #losangelesart

About 4 months ago, I started a series of protection spells based on the wisdom of a mage in Price, Utah, which was recorded in the encyclopedic book “Popular Beliefs and Superstitions in Utah”. Fast forward months later, I know why I intuited this series … we can all use a little protection now.