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Sigil Paintings

January 26, 2026

During the latter part of this year, I embarked on several new works that seemed to come out of nowhere, sigil paintings rooted in apotropaic symbolism and the Eye of Providence.

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In Field Natural History, Botanical art, Fantasy art Tags insects, cicada, beetles, bees, honey, eye of providence, apotropaic art, sacred geometry, magic, science art, spell-painting, Hilma af Klint, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Jungian Archetypes
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A Spell to End All War, 2022. Graphite on Arches paper, mounted to hardboard.

A Spell To End All War

September 16, 2025

Could an image itself be a spell? This drawing began as a simple still life of skull, pinecone, and violets, but soon became an altar of intention. I explore how art can function as an operative image—more than illustration, a form of magic

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In Fantasy art, Feminist art, Field Natural History Tags spells, operative image, fantasy art, iconography, spell-painting, pagan imagery
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Kristin Kest Fine Art, Illustration, and Ceramics

A working artist living in the beautiful Susquehanna Valley of York, PA

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