£30.00 – £275.00
The Healer’s Gift is set on a beautiful moonlit evening, as the White Stag (the ‘healer’) & his Shaman reach the forest; their arrival awaited by the creatures of the forest… In this beautiful painting, the stag is transformed into the archetype of a spiritual healer; the Squirrel becomes his ‘Shaman’: the channel through which the magic flows. Together, they heal the sick, restore vitality to the woodlands & bring peace to the land.
The stag wears a magnificent emerald-studded headpiece. About his neck are a string of bells that announce his arrival, and an impressive gorget in solid-gold, studded with moonstones.
Standing between the antlers, is the Shaman himself. In addition to his bright red fez (which bestows status in the Otherwurlde), he wears a bejewelled & armoured breastplate and from his belt, hangs another bell. He proudly holds a staff, that’s topped with a glowing orb: a larger version of this potent talisman last appeared in ‘The Promise of Spring’, where a Dryad was using it to ‘wake up the wood’ after a long winter. Here, the Shaman uses it to channel the Healer’s gift, when treating individual animals.
The Shaman’s little hut sits on the stag’s back; its little platform intertwined with the roots of a vine and the tooled-leather saddle. Look again and you might spot the glowing embers of a fireplace within its shadows and wisps of smoke drifting lazily from the opening at the roof. There are bubbles, too. Bubbles and a balloon… Not every painting gets a balloon: but savour them when they appear, for they represent ‘pure magic’…
There’s something so gentle – and calming – about the expression on our stag, that at once reassures and soothes. You can almost believe there’s a truth to what you’re seeing…
Our Fine-Art Prints use archival papers in two weights. For everything up to – and including – our ‘Signature Editions’, we use 210gsm Fotospeed Smooth; a versatile paper that offers exceptional contrast and detail. For the larger ‘Premium Editions’, we use Fotospeed’s 315gsm NST. Thanks to subtle textures similar to traditional etching papers, coupled to bright-white bases, both of these 100%-cotton, fine-art papers deliver revelatory, impactful images that will stand the test of time. Furthermore, we only ever use OEM inks that are rich in pigments & offer a consistent level of reproduction.
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