Goddess painting of the day: Sekhmet, a detail

Sekhmet, the Egyptian goddess of war and vengence, is painted here in her traditional lioness form. I’ve often felt a bit intimidated by her fiery intensity — hopefully this painting conveys some of her powerful energy. Her chariot is drawn by three cobras, a symbol of magical transformation and sovereignty; appropriately, the uraeus, a crown worn in ancient Egypt, takes its form from the cobra.

This art excerpted from a painting (below) that I created for Shamanic Mysteries of Egypt, a book recently published by Inner Traditions and authored by Nicki Scully and Linda Star Wolf. I used watercolor, gouache and pencil for it.

The gods depicted below Sekhmet are Horus, Khnum and Sobek. This particular composition was received in a vision by Star Wolf; I did my best to hew as closely as possible to her description. I also incorporated aspects of ancient Egyptian art in a respectful manner in my presentations of the deities, decorative elements and borders. It was fun but challenging experience.

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