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Image:
7.50" x 10.00"
Mat Border:
2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
13.00" x 15.50"
Grandfather Buzzard Cathartes Aura Framed Print
by Rick Mosher
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Grandfather Buzzard Cathartes Aura framed print by Rick Mosher. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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Grandfather Buzzard (Cathartes Aura) The Golden Purifier. Another painting in my American Gods series.... more
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Grandfather Buzzard (Cathartes Aura) The Golden Purifier. Another painting in my American Gods series.
Grandfather Buzzard was partially responsible for the creation of the Earth in Native American Stories. You can read one here: http://agemythologystories.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-world-was-made.html
In Greek mythology, the Vulture is the descendant of the Griffin. It was a very Buddhist-like, Zen-like symbol of the non-dual oneness of heaven and earth, spirit and matter, good and evil, guardian and avenger. The Vulture is the avenger of nature spirits. Ancient Assyrians believed the Vulture was, like Nagarjuna's middle way, Sunyata, the encompassing overall non-separated union between the day and night. Ironically, regardless of the less than good image the vulture is typically granted by most, think about it:
Unlike the needs of nearly all other living creatures, vultures do not kill.
Their prey either dies or something else kills it."
About Rick Mosher
Rick Mosher is best known as an artist working in traditional paint mediums (watercolor, oil and acrylic) He is also a photographer and digital artist. He has a tremendous love for color and most of his work reflects this. He is a recovered alcoholic and addict and a lot of his work reflects his addiction and recovery. Rick was influenced early in his career by a class in Photojournalism at Kent State University in 1970 and has always had an interest in photography and digital art. He worked in the Architectural Woodworking Industry for over 35 years as a wood finisher and faux painter doing his work in some of the most expensive homes in the United States. During this period he created a lot of his original Woodies. He attended...
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