Another Way. Chalcedony, the Spirit of High Priest. Soul of the Stone series. Tapestry

oil on canvas, 60/60cm I cannot say that I did not plan this picture at all, but I definitely did not intend to include it in my stone series. Three years ago a 60x60cm canvas appeared at the request of a friend of mine. There should have been a bird, and by the way, it is there (inside, on the bottom two layers). But this bird from the bright underpainting never took a finished shape, it wished to remain ethereal. The order was cancelled and I decided this canvas will be the final in my astrological cycle and become the place for the SUN. Since there was no order for the Sun, I allowed myself a personal statement and came out to place there Lion and Hawk (as something Slavic and Eastern together). With the underpainting sketch of Lion a...