Paintings
Lihko protects children from falling into the Beginning and the End
Rhyolitic tuff, alluvial sand, Valley of Fire sand, charcoal, spruce pollen, oil paint, bees wax, pine sap, fabric, nails. On clayboard.
48" x 72"
2026
When I was a child, a one eyed, skeletal witch in a purple robe visited the dreams of my friends and mine. Her name could not be repeated more than twice. On the third time, the defiant child would die! We were afraid of her.
But she was only warning us not to take more than we need. Her name means Ocean Earth.
As an adult I searched for a monster that resembled her and found the lihko from Slavic lore.