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Current Work In Progress: Huginn and Muninn, or 'Thought' and 'Memory'
the  Hello, my friends!! I'm glad you could stop by today.

I've got something to show you.

-Super-stoked, that you are here.

This pair has been in my subconscious for a long time, waiting to be completed.

They are Huginn and Muninn, the ravens of the Norse God Odin.

(These two are sent out by the All-father each day, to gather knowledge and wisdom from all the Nine Realms.)

Huginn is a Norse word, which means, 'Thought'.

To me, he is our inner thought, as plan our lives every day, in our minds.

-Ever hopeful. Always looking forward.

Muninn on the other hand, means 'Memory'.

-He represents all of our life-experiences to me.

All of the things we can't hang onto.

-All the things we cannot keep, that yet remain within us.

Alongside our thoughts, our memories define who we are, as we move through this life.
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..In the top picture, I completed the right-side painting first.

I mistook him for Thought then, with his outreached claw. 

 As I've worked on the second, left-side painting above (in progress now), I saw my error.

I realized that the upward pose, looking forward to the future, is what thinking is all about.

While the outreached claw in the finished piece? -I see it now.

It seeks the past.

​Ever out of reach.

I found all of this stuff to be important, and highly entertaining. I've been geeking out about it all day, in fact.

I had to tell somebody. So, I thought I would share it with you here!
 
If you've read this far, thank you for checking in about Ravens and Mythology with me. -It all matters!

-Be on the lookout for a completed Huginn in my next Newsletter, with details for my new online Store offering prints and canvas reproductions, in the week ahead.

Talk with you soon,

-Andy C.
(Below are progress-pics of my Huginn sessions, for your amusement and edification.)
Recent Works
Cernunnos/Herne The Hunter
Gaia
The Green Man
Dragon The First
Dragon the Second
All Winter's Night
The Morningstar
Huginn & Muninn- Thought & Memory
The Dreamer & The Dream
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WELCOME TO MY WORLD

Andy Carson has been painting, sketching, and doodling since about the Fourth Grade, and enjoys working with Acrylic, Watercolor, Charcoal and Pastel, and well as with Pen and Ink.  He also likes using plain old pencils, and figures that even crayons will work in a pinch.

He has attended courses at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, as well as at City College of San Francisco.  He has taught private lessons in the Noe Valley area of the city as well as at the Sharon Arts building in Golden Gate Park, teaching Acrylic, Watercolor and Basic Drawing classes and workshops.  
​He has been a local working illustrator for over 30 years, doing illustration work and painting commissions, murals, comics, and even the occasional sandwich board or window display on demand. 

There have been random sightings of the elusive and mysterious Mr. Carson in San Francisco's Richmond District, reputed to be his new neighborhood of choice and present place of residence. 

​It has been surmised by many that he also lives in a cave, hidden from the eyes of men in that same District, but will reportedly come out of it for commissions, a walk in the park and/or the occasional meatball sandwich.
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I do customized science fiction and fantasy paintings on demand, including LOTR, Robbie the Robot, Star Wars and other fantasy pop art projects.

Landscapes, nature scenes and animal paintings are popular too, and I invite you to look at previous work HERE.  Have an idea for a science fiction, fantasy, landscape or pet portrait? Click Here! Happy to talk with you about any painting you would like to see.