Pen and Ink on Mounted Grey Paper40in x 30in Available
$6,500.00 USD
Artist Comments
Done entirely in pen and ink and white pen with painstaking line-work, this piece aims to depict the somber scene of the Germanic god Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn Old English: Wōden Proto-Norse: Wōðnaz/Wōðinaz/Wōðanaz) standing before his son, the beloved god Baldr’s, funeral pyre. After being struck with a dart fashioned from mistletoe due to the deception of the god Loki, the gods lit a pyre for Baldr and for his wife, the goddess Nanna, who had died grieving her beloved husband. The scene I have chosen to depict is of Odin placing his magical ring Draupnir upon Baldr and Nanna’s pyre. A final goodbye to his son, as the goddess Hel takes Baldr to Helheim, one of many places of afterlife amongst the Norse.
Done entirely in pen and ink and white pen with painstaking line-work, this piece aims to depict the somber scene of the Germanic god Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn Old English: Wōden Proto-Norse: Wōðnaz/Wōðinaz/Wōðanaz) standing before his son, the beloved god Baldr’s, funeral pyre. After being struck with a dart fashioned from mistletoe due to the deception of the god Loki, the gods lit a pyre for Baldr and for his wife, the goddess Nanna, who had died grieving her beloved husband. The scene I have chosen to depict is of Odin placing his magical ring Draupnir upon Baldr and Nanna’s pyre. A final goodbye to his son, as the goddess Hel takes Baldr to Helheim, one of many places of afterlife amongst the Norse.