Wolf Art
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Edge of the Wild, 12″ x 16″
Mixed Media on Board
WulfWorks © Copyright 2018
“The old one, the One Who Knows, is within us. She thrives in the deepest soul-psyche of women, the ancient and vital wild Self. Her home is that place in time where the spirit of women and the spirit of wolf meet – the place where the mind and instincts mingle, where a woman’s deep life funds her mundane life. It is the point where the I and the Thou kiss, the place where, in all spirit, women run with the wolves.” -Clarissa Pinkola Estes
This elven woman is one with the Wild and the Wolves, peacefully immersed in her own deep meditation.
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AuroraSong-1, 16″ x 20″ – Acrylic on Canvas
WulfWorks© Copyright 2002
A lone wolf silhouette howling under the Northern Lights.
The wolf spirit looks down from above, formed in patterns of light of the Aurora Borealis.
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Wolf Spirit, 18″ x 24″ – Acrylic on Canvas
WulfWorks © Copyright 2002
A wolf pack runs through snow under the full moon light.
The wolf spirit/deva watches over them from above.
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AuroraSong-2, 16″ x 20″ – Acrylic on Canvas
WulfWorks© Copyright 2002
A lone wolf silhouette howling under the Northern Lights.
A howling wolf pack appears in the sky formed in the patterns of light.
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Red Riding Hood Comes Home, 11″ x 14″
Acrylic on canvas board
WulfWorks© Copyright 1989
The heroine of the fairy tale, “Little Red Riding Hood”
comes upon a pack of friendly wolves. A more realistic
view of the gentle nature of wolves and their relationship with humans.
There is no record of a healthy wolf ever attacking a human in North America.
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Executioner’s Dream, 18″ x 14″ – Acrylic on Canvas
WulfWorks© Copyright 2001
Wolf Spirit to the rescue!
An image from “the burning times”of the Inquisition.
The Goddess in the form of a dove, overshadows her devotee.
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About Wolves
Many of my paintings feature wolf art, particularly emphasizing the wolf spirit. In some Earth-centered traditions, Wolf is known as teacher. Wolf medicine is about expressing individuality while honoring community.
Because wolf is one of my main totems, or spirit animals, I honor wolf in my paintings and strongly support preservation of wolves and wolf habitat in the wild.
“Dogs Make Us Human,” say the Aborigines of Australia.
In the fascinating book, Animals in Translation, by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson, there is an essay about the influence of wolves (from which our dogs evolved) on the evolution of early humans. According to recent anthropological research, humans wouldn’t be what we are today if we hadn’t developed in close relationship with wolves.
It appears that early humans learned to hunt in cooperative groups from wolves. Our complex social structures are patterned after those of wolf packs. We also learned to be territorial and to have same-sex friends. In fact, in many ways we learned to be a lot more like wolves than we are like our fellow primates!
Even more amazing is the fact that the human brain got smaller at the same time we began living with wolves! The part that shrank “…was the mid-brain, which handles emotions and sensory data, and the olfactory bulbs, which handle smell…” “In all of the domestic animals [including dogs] the fore-brain, which holds the frontal lobes, and the corpus callosum, which is the connecting tissue between the two sides of the brain” is the part that shrank.
So, according to Temple Grandin, “Dog brains and human brains specialized: humans took over the planning and organizing tasks, and dogs took over the sensory tasks. Dogs and people co-evolved and became even better partners, allies, and friends.”
Next time you hear the saying, “Dogs are man’s best friend,” you might want to stop and say thank you to the pooch in your life – and to all the wolves who contributed to our human development!
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