Where the Compass Fails - Original Artwork
The original paintings from Where the Compass Fails are available individually or as a complete triptych. Odette and Odile are each 32 × 32 × 1.5 in. on gallery-wrapped canvas, and Siegfried is 30 × 32 × 1.5 in. on gallery-wrapped canvas. Each work is created with acrylic, oil stick, oil pastel, charcoal, graphite, paper, including eye chart fragments, and coffee, building a layered surface that carries the emotional tension of the Swan Lake-inspired collection. Odette and Odile are $2,950 each, Siegfried is $2,750, and the full triptych is available for $7,250. Prices do not include tax or shipping. Shipping will be quoted based on the collector’s location. Custom framing is available upon request.
Odette, the white swan
A Closer Look
Details
- Her notes in each top corner
- The two swans on the lake with a
third swan in the distance
- The moon shining down on the
lake and palace
- A framed portrait of a white swan
with a crown over his head
- Odette's sheet music from the
ballet
- Slight patches of green hint at
the notion that the grass is not
always greener where seduction
may lead
siegfried, the fool
A Closer Look
Details
- The failed compass behind him
- A stark green arrow strikes
across from Odile's side back
towards Odette and the lake
- His hand almost touching the
crown with the faint ladder
behind it signifying his notion
of something better
- An eye chart in the bottom right
corner reminds one to see the
truth
- Odile's sheet music from the
ballet and Siegfried's toe slightly
touching it
- The black tree at the bottom
references the black forest
of seduction that he is enteringOdile, The seductress
A Closer Look
Details
- The look in her eye, directly at
the viewer - she seduces within
and beyond the painting
- Her extended right hand rests
just above a slight smudge of
green on the wall - this is the
signal that the grass is not
always greener
- A 'Le Cigne Noir' (The Black
Swan) flyer hangs on the wall
- A flyer or poster displaying
'Odile: acte II'
- Odile's sheet music from the
ballet bleeds off the left,
continuing onto Siegfried's
canvas
- An illustration of a black swan
and a sword hang on the wall
with menacing look on his face