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Large one-of-a-kind original painting by Joe Vollan, dated 2014, depicting an eerie gathering of anthropomorphic birds and skeletal figures among flowering branches.
A formally dressed bird carries a glowing lantern toward a winged skeleton holding a red book, surrounded by strange birds, candles, blossoms, and gnarled trees. The elaborate narrative composition is characteristic of Vollan’s darkly humorous “doom-folk” imagery, combining folklore, gothic fantasy, and meticulous illustrative detail.
Details
Artist: Joe Vollan
Title: Untitled [Birds, Lantern and Winged Skeleton]
Date: 2014
Medium: Acrylic on wood panel
Dimensions: 18 x 24 in.
Signature: Signed with Vollan’s JV monogram and dated “XIV”
Type: Unique original painting
Format: Unframed wood panel, ready to hang
Additional Details
Joe Vollan is a Seattle-born contemporary artist known for what has been described as “doom-folk”: dark narrative work drawing on folklore, fairy tales, skeletal figures, anthropomorphic animals, gothic humor, and macabre fantasy.
Vollan also has a direct connection to tabletop gaming culture. Card Kingdom has issued Magic: The Gathering game tokens featuring artwork by Joe Vollan, and Mox Boarding House in Seattle has featured hand-painted artwork by Vollan in its gaming spaces.
This painting bears Vollan’s distinctive JV monogram with a small red heart and the Roman numeral XIV, indicating 2014.
The sale at which this work was acquired used the title Agnes Dreams of Falling Flowers for the Vollan lot. Research determined that Vollan’s documented painting of that title is a different work, so that title has not been applied here.
No title or additional identifying inscription is present on the verso.
Condition
Very good overall appearance. Minor surface and edge wear consistent with an unframed painting executed directly on wood panel. The artwork displays beautifully as shown. Please review photographs for the painted surface, panel edges, signature, and overall condition.
Subject
Contemporary Art, Surrealism, Fantasy Art
Topic
Joe Vollan, Doom Folk, Dark Folk Art, Gothic Art, Skeleton Art, Anthropomorphic Birds, Card Kingdom, MTG, Narrative Art
Shipping
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