Woodhenge is actually from Milfield over near Wooler.
Moonpool - 80 cm x 100 cm - Oil and Wax on Canvas
Rowan and Raven 80 cm x 100 cm - Oil and Wax on canvas
The Raven
In the high valley of the Harthope Burn
In a solitary rowan, the raven,
The guardian of memory and thought
Mythic messenger, summoner of souls,
Seeker of the slain, hunter of the hanged
Sat alone, in the wolf-months of the year
Waiting to see which way the world would turn
Angered by our impudent intrusion
He hauled his heavy body aloft
And uttering his strident ‘pruk, pruk’ cry
He flew from rowan to rock, rock to rowan
Criss-crossing the steep sided valley,
Waiting to see which way the world would turn
Beneath his rowan roost
On grass white as frost with his droppings
We stooped to gather the feathers he had shed
Black as the night, black as the pit
Together, in a place that has abandoned time
Waiting to see which way the world would turn
And now, as life returns again to the land
And the adders stir from their winter sleep,
To slither over the ancient graves
The raven tumbles in his Spring flight, and
We climb once again the remembered track,
Unsure where our destination lies, still
Waiting to see which way the world has turned
The Raven - David Jackson (2012)
Woodhenge - 80 cm x 100 cm Oil and Wax on Canvas
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