Angel Sarkela-Saur
12"x16"

This painting is inspired by a story in the Kalevala. On his journey to the north country, Lemminkainen encounters his first obstacle. Before him, he finds,

"a stream along the road,
Stream of fire of wondrous beauty, In the stream a mighty fire-spout,
In the spout a rock uprising,
On the rock a fiery hillock,
On the top a flaming eagle,
And his crooked beak he sharpens,
Sharpens too his bloody talons,
For the coming of the stranger,
For the people that approach him."

$400 USD