benjamin a. vierling
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Benjamin A. Vierling was born in San Francisco in 1974 and been studying painting privately since he could hold a brush. His work utilizes the renaissance technique of mixing egg tempera & oil paints, as learned from Philp Rubinov Jacobson in Austria. Working from his California atelier in a 19th century convent, Vierling has been exhibiting internationally since 2004. Specializing in mythical portraits, arcane symbolism, and vanitas themed still lives, his paintings have appeared on numerous book and album covers, including Joanna Newsom's critically acclaimed record
portrait of Jhon Renoir and his two children, Renee and Alex.
Woman with Beast
Papaver Somniferum
Danielle
Mandragora
Ajna Icon
Man as Machine
Bird with Ring
Apocalypse sun
Pomegranates
Watain
Weapon
Weapon
Vierling’s illustration work has appeared in a wide variety of occult and metaphysical contexts including, illuminated horoscopes, ritual music album covers, and alchemical treatises.
Spectral lore
Among the pieces exhibited at the Esoteric Book Conference are the original pen and ink drawings for Jocus Severus, published by Ouroboros Press, 2011, as well as the paintings used for the highly acclaimed alchemical books by Robert Allen Bartlett, Real Alchemy and The Way of the Crucible, published by Ibis Press, 2009.
folding
Alchemy book
The Way of the Crucible
Still life
Strychnin
The Path
Valkyrie
Sound: Gary Karr – Bloch: Player From Sketches From Jewish life
Text and pictures: InternetArangement: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda