6x10” ballpoint pen on 120# Ohuhu

Day 18 of 31 Days of Psychedelic Drawings

As the slow rapidly melts in Portland it sounds like our house is going to collapse from the bombardment of tons ice melting off the trees. As Portland waits for this day of rapid thaw, my thoughts turn to summer, but then memories of being held up in our house due to extreme poor air quality and half ov Oregon burning made me wonder what season I even pine for anymore. Its these dire moments that we turn to mystical heroes for courage and affirmation that things will be okay.

Through my days traveling the country painting live music, many an owl would randomly show up in the paintings. A good friend of ours once told us that owls represent guardians and that made a lot of sense to me. Over the years I have considered the owl as mystical guardian and gatekeeper of mysteries and other worlds. I once had a crazy experience with a giant snowy owl that landed in my path and would not leave until we stared into each other eyes long enough for her to give me the download.

“Guardian Incognito” is about our hidden “guardians” among us. The voice in the wind, our ancestral sentinels, the secret magic in the periphery of our subconscious that gives us courage, strength and inspiration.