I am the black wizards

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Norman Shaw, artist, drawing, heavy metal, black metal, landscape, woodland, Arthur Rackham, Austin Osman Spare, Caspar David Friedrich, Roger Dean, HP Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Burzum, Emperor, Immortal, Darkthrone, Ildjarn, Drudkh, Hate Forest, Bathory

I Am The Black Wizards

Graphite pencil on paper, 2007

150 x 200cm

A black metal haunted woodland, inspired by a life of woodland walking and observation, the work of Arthur Rackham, Austin Osman Spare, Roger Dean, Caspar David Friedrich; the writings of HP Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen; and the music of Burzum, Emperor, Immortal, Darkthrone, Ildjarn, Drudkh, Hate Forest, and Bathory.

Exhibited at Heavy Metal Mouth exhibition curated by Polarcap and Hyperground, Torpichen Street Gallery, Edinburgh,