Original art, mounted and framed, 11 ½" x 12 ½", $160.00 USD plus $15.00 shipping within the USA. (Massachusetts residents will be charged 6 ¼% sales tax.)
Image © 1998 E. J. Barnes
Ogun is the loa of iron and fire, and the archetypal masculine. He is patron of blacksmiths, and also god of war. His female companion is Erzulie. The Catholic saint he is associated with is Saint James (Saint-Jacques), commonly represented riding a fiery steed and brandishing a sword.
Ogun's traditional vever is a latticework reminiscent of wrought-iron fences and railings. I have turned this lattice into a woven lattice similar to designs found in the Irish Book of Kells, with torches (for his fire aspect) and swords (for his iron and war aspects). In addition to Masonic symbols at the bottom, I have painted symbols of the Roman war-god (and planet) Mars, which has become the Western glyph of all things male. The diamond shape traditionally topping the vever has been modified into a Native American woven Eye of God.