Æiden Swan
Cape Town based Wildlife Artist, Witch, Mousebird wrangler.
www.arcanaverte.com
- Just a quick update on the painting with the barn owl I started at the Alma Cafe. He has now been joined by three more owls and an elk. I have a story starting in my head. The owls are the watchers of the Wild Hunt and they need to save the elk. It'll probably have a tragic end but I'm not sure 🦌
- I carve pearls into tiny bird skulls
- Bring the flutter and shimmer of wings into your home. The Coral Tree is available in prints (various sizes available) and wallpaper and features 10 spectacular South African bird species. Comment bird or DM me for details Shipping everywhere!
- My partner and I have been doing The Presence Process which is a meditation/shadow work course designed to bring out latent memories to be worked through. Thus far the only thing that has come up with me is totally random shit like the fact that my family never ate breakfast 🧵
- 🦋🦜🪶
- A moment of peace for you. Rest here for a moment, weary traveler and catch your breath. Sometimes 17 seconds is enough to make a difference
- While in Zimbabwe I collected a number of shards of naturally shed Matumi bark. I didn't know what I was going to do with them at the time, but they were so beautiful I couldn't resist! 🧵
- Consorting with Dragons. The Gymnogene (African Harrier Hawk) is my favourite of our river denizens and one of my absolute favourite birds ever. These enormous Vulture-like grey raptors with their double joined feet hunt squirrels up and down the Liesbeek...
- Today started off pretty intensely with rushing this beautiful little man who was hit by a car to the vet. I hope he will be able to be released back here in a few weeks when he has healed.
- yesterday I kept getting an image in my mind of one particular area of the forest I seldom go to and the urge of "get thine arse to the forest!" not in a lazy way, in an "there's something there for you way. The result - 500g porchini mushies that should never have existed!
- Discovering the Tale of 13 Mousebirds 🪶 A3 Graphite & Ink on 300gsm paper. Unframed (framing available) Shipping everywhere Available 🐦⬛
- Mantis friend we met on a river walk yesterday. I love the shimmy
- Wazô update! a few days ago, We got the all clear for baby Wazô from our wonderful vet. She is healthy, happy, energetic and full of life and personality. Her brothers adore her (and she them) This little flock of three is my whole heart! Wazô's story in the comments for those who missed it.
- This one taken later with my partner's phone (and lightly edited by me) Is so much better! I love the fog so much! It was such a treat driving home through the pea soul
- finally! A platform that doesn't shadowban me for posting links!
- We 💙 links! Starting this week, we've made it even easier for newsrooms and more to track how much traffic Bluesky is sending to their sites. For those setting up analytics, Bluesky's referrer is go.bsky.app.
- This tale of 13 Mousebirds has been an absolute labour of love over the past few months and it was a bit of a weird feeling to finish it yesterday, I wanted to keep fiddling with it, but know when to leave well alone and I am so happy with them 💚 more dets in comments:
- This tiny sweetie joined our little family today 💜 She is a five week old Speckled Mousebird and reminds me so much of Aubrey at that age. We don't have a name as yet, So we're calling her Oiseau for now. The boys are a wee bit jealous but they'll be fine in a few days. My heart is so full 🩷
- The Poisonous Little Toad is done! This little rage painting was really fun and actually did help me work off the some of the anger. I still detest the person who inspired it (see my stream on youtube or twitch for the drama) but now I lmao when I think about her as a pink toad. Cont in comments...
- I'm so close! I will be live painting later today - time tbd but probably 1pm-ish (Cape Town / Paris time) to finish my Poisonous Little Toad! Join me at twitch.tv/arcanaverte. If you subscribe (free) to my channel you'll get a notification when I go live. Hope to see you later 🩷
- Hello BlueSky & Flashes! Join me on Twitch this afternoon 4pm - 5pm (Paris time) I'll be finishing this Poisonous Little Toad! twitch.tv/arcanaverte.
- Happy spelunking for this cave witch (& friends) complementary pic of the interesting shades and shape my foot now is because the mountain didn't want to let me go. #spelunking #cave #hiking #ouch #capetown
- Live Stream starting in 15 minutes (3pm Cape Town/Paris time) at twitch.tv/arcanaverte. I'm starting a new work! Come and watch me draw live 💜 No account needed to watch.
- Me too 🍁 Keep on arting.
- My celebration of Year of the Boomslang (Wood Snake) for this year's Chinese new year is complete! Although not a part of my tarot deck, she is a new take on my Ace of Wands - a fearless call to action in difficult times. She is available for adoption 59cm x 32cm Ink and graphite unframed
- Reposted by Æiden Swan[Not loaded yet]
- I'm so excited to be the guest on Taylor Ellwood's Magical Experiments podcast this week! we talk about birds in magicackal practice and tower time! taylorellwood.substack.com/p/the-langua...
