"An ash I know, | Yggdrasil its name,
With water white | is the great tree wet;
Thence come the dews | that fall in the dales,
Green by Urth's well | does it ever grow."
– Voluspa, Verse 19, Bellows Translation
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Viking Art: Freya Resists
"Many a fearless swordsman
Received the Tears of Freyja
The more the morn when foemen
We murdered; we were present."
– SKÁLDSKAPARMAL, Translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
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Viking Art: Elemental Thor
"Thor is the foremost of them, he that is called Thor of the Æsir, or Öku-Thor; he is strongest of all the gods and men... Thor has two he-goats, that are called Tooth-Gnasher and Tooth-Gritter, and a chariot wherein he drives, and the he-goats draw the chariot; therefore is he called Öku-Thor."
– Gylfaginning, Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur Translation
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Viking Art: Masked One
I recently had an animated gif made of my Viking Art painting, “The Masked One,” and thought this would be a good reason to talk about the painting again!
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Viking Art: Dark Grows the Sun
At Ragnarok, the wolf Sköll will finally catch the sun goddess, Sól, and devour her…
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Viking Art: Bragi's Tongue
Sometimes things just click with a painting, and "Bragi's Tongue" was one of those. As I worked on my new Viking Art painting for my Norse Mythology series Fateful Signs, things felt effortless. I seemed to know exactly where to put each color and everything just flowed. I finished this Viking art painting in about half the time it usually takes me. Everything just felt right. It was a real joy to work on.
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Viking Art: Vidar, God of Vengeance
My new Viking Art painting for my Norse Mythology series Fateful Signs, "Vidar, God of Vengeance" was a complicated painting to finish. As you can see from the initial drawing to the final painting I made a lot of changes. I'm very happy with the results, but this painting reminded me of the importance of getting things planned out on the front end of a painting. Making massive changes in oil paint, is not the easy way to go!
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Days of the Week, Fateful Signs Style!
In English speaking countries we get most of our days of the week from Norse Mythology. This is because English traces back to Old English, and ultimately Old Norse. This is the reason English is a “Germanic” language.
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