The Spirit Owl Of Two Colours | Original Art | Illustration
Medium: Mixed media – Ink, Acrylic, Watercolour
Style: Expressive, abstract, symbolic
Techniques: Layered brushwork, fluid motion, ethereal composition
Palette: Muted earth tones, soft blues, deep contrasts—evoking wisdom, perception, and the unseen
Key Features: A visual exploration of duality, perspective, and the human need to take sides
Description:
Created during Chapter 2 (2020 - 2023), this piece is part of the Versions of Robert Collection—a deeply personal body of work reflecting my journey through my mother’s stroke, dissociation, and eventual dementia. This period of my life involved immense inner soul work, each piece acting as a page in a diary, often accompanied by a poem or story.
“The Spirit Owl Of Two Colours” is a reflection on perspective, division, and the illusions we create to justify our beliefs. The owl, a symbol of wisdom, watches from beyond, seeing through the layers of human deception, ideological battles, and the fire of belief. The composition speaks of conflict, identity, and the echoes of history repeating.
This artwork asks:
• What truths do we defend, and which are illusions?
• Do we seek understanding, or do we seek to win?
• Can we rise above our own conditioning?
A reflection on perception, division, and the longing for balance beyond belief.
Details:
- Size: A4 Illustration
- Material: Mixed media on paper
- Unframed
- Original, signed by the artist
- Limited Edition Giclée Prints Available – 150 prints total across three sizes, including the original size
The Spirit Owl Of Two Colours | Original Art | Illustration
by Robert Paul:
The spirit Owl of 2 colours
..
haunted & hunting
observing from the
other side
ready
to see through
the human
deception
of their love of sides
their channels of
information & grown education
..
How will you like your illusions
How is it best served
In the fire of your beliefs
or in the oven of your education
..
7.8 billion people
in the story of good versus evil
All looking
All wanting
All believing
all so we can claim we were here
..
Defended answers
unthought out words
created actions
..
This world of continued fire
everyone scrambling to
save this world
their soul &
this devil of the other
..
Lost in
their
your pain
wanting to stop the other
..
Scramble
Scream
Shout
..
Caught in the rain
with no umbrella
no protection
to understand
not ready to be in the space of
their reaction
..
Afraid
that I will
take away your right
of justice
opinion
your chance to be seen
..
Is yesterday not a lesson
Is it in vein
You could have so much
if only you would rise
above
your web of
harm
..
to the voice
..
not of truth
but
in the
balance
of
love
..
