Hilma's ghost
SIGILS & THOUGHT FORMS | 2024
Secrist Beach Gallery, Chicago IL
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Ritual, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed
Love, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed
Sharmistha Ray and Dannielle Tegeder merged two concepts from the history of spirituality and magic, “sigils” and “thought forms,” exploring the visualization of thoughts and symbolic representations for desired outcomes in magic. Sigils, derived from "sigillum," signify deities or desired outcomes in magic, evolving through chaos magic and English artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare’s innovative approach. Ray and Tegeder collaboratively drew 28 charged sigils, representing qualities like Abundance and Love, merging language deconstruction with Spare’s method. Capitalized letters in metallic paint embed into drawings, heightened by 14 paper hues reflecting collaborative consciousness. The book Thought-Forms, by Theosophists Annie Besant and Charles Leadbeater, delved into drawing thought-forms intuitively from clairvoyant experiences. Many of the illustrations in the book are radically abstract. The book had a major impact on artists like Hilma af Klint and Vassily Kandinsky and countless other artists and is therefore considered a major tome in Western art history. The book is now believed to have given birth to Abstract Modernism. Hilma’s Ghost’s fusion of these ideas applies color symbolism and thought-form principles to sigil magic, emphasizing unconscious influence and symbol impact on reality.

Communication, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Friendship, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Intellect, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Healing, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Community, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Humor , Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Acceptance, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Family , Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Peace , Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Comfort , Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Affection, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Renewal, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Transformations, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Transcendant Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Health, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Forgiveness, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Protection, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Wisdom , Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Balance , Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Abundance, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Clarity, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Home , Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Prosperity , Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Memory, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Grounding, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed

Passion, Gouache, ink and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper 20.5 x 22.5 inches, framed