Portrait of Hekate in her usual witch form with three heads, and the symbols on her person that she usually holds, including two torches, a serpent, a key, a dagger and a vase. This depiction is inspired by a passage from one of her orphic hymns: "..Night mother, saviour, mistress of solitude, Lady of light in the darkness that contains it, You who walks, dishevelled and wild, through tombs and cremation grounds, Cloaked in saffron, crowned with oak leaves and coils of serpents, You, who is followed by hordes of ghosts, dogs and restless spirits, Yet is also the luminous empress of the empyrean realms…"
Another new piece I sketched last year and finished painting this week: my firey autumn, cthonic goddess of witches & crossroads, Hekate. This particular depiction of her was inspired from one of her orphic hymns
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