United States Virgin Islands

The bright colors of the illegal tartans and the hooves of the Black Douglas whisper to the wind that I am Clan Morrison. The thousands of colors of black Sumie and the scent of chalk breathe that I am an artist. I have never been to the US Virgin Islands but after research, I realized that St. Croix deserved its own picture so that my piece to honor the USVI does includes only the northern cluster which is primarily St Tomas and St. John. Christopher Columbus named it calling it the “Land of a Thousand Virgins.” According to legion, the Danes claimed the chain by cutting their claim in a piece of fruit. The United States bought the Islands because of World War I. As part of the New Deal, it was turned into a tourist destination which it remains today and permitted to vote in local elections. During WWII the islands became a base of operation for the Navy.  It was not until 1970 that they could elect their own governer. The Virgin Islands are unique in that there is a large Jewish population in Saint Tomas. The main religion on the Islands though officially Baptist is actually obeah/Voodoo. I have my clan’s tartan scarf.

Saint Tomas and Saint John both have unique mythologies although there is not specific cryptid. Behind everything is one of the four working windmills which is currently in St. Tomas most of Saint John’s windmill are ruins. The windmill is sor the mass sugar plantations which were on the Islands. After using up all the covics for labor the Danes imported slaves. (The slaves were freed in 1848.) Everything is on the ruins of the wall of Fortberg. It was built in 1717 after the British were derived from St. John but during a successful slave revolt it was turned to rubble. (French troops were called in to defeat them.)   The British held the fort during the Napoleonic Wars. The hat is for it history of pirates especially Black Beard. From Columbus to the early 1700s, British, French, and Dutch privateers corsairs, freebooter, corsairs and pirates  rulled the area. ( ( various names because Eropean government (except for Danes) let them have the Islands) The Bamboo stalk is for the 7,000 acre Virgin Islands National Park. It is said that there are more types of bamboo in the Caribbean that the Orient. The ball belt is from the Cinnamon trail Archeological Site which is eroding into the sea. The artifacts date back to 840 BC to the time of Columbus and are from a Taino burial site. It is 9” x 12,” drawn with pencil and white chalk and completed recently.

 The name of this piece is Eternal Bamboo, is 12” x 18” and drawn with Sumi-e recently. The bamboo is a symbol of strength and the turtle is said to live ten thousand years. If you are interested in buying this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@yahoo.com to order.

Iowa-Farm

   The soot of the prongs of the Clearances and the breath of a Nuckelavee sing the ballade that am Clan Morrison. The pine soot which becomes a soot stone the breath of drops of sumie tells the world that I am an artist. Part of my family comes from Iowa. My birth parental grandmother was from just inside the Iowa border but her parents were from Hanover, Germany which many Iowans originate.  But this is normal for thestate as the name is Native Americans from Illinois who had to move doe to a government take over. (Similar to what happen for the German immigration. Ironically when my grandpa remarried she was also from Iowa. (50 miles away) Iowa is proud of being normal. (I am proud of being weird.)  Ironically, it has the first caucus which is very abnormal. The Republican winner rarely becomes the nominee. The media descends on farm communities but totally forgets about the state except for hurricane season as it is on the edge of tornado alley.  They are also known for coal which was originally an African American job. I have never able to find a picture of those prongs.

Iowa has a different mythology. It has a “mugwan” and a warewolf. Behind everything is a crest of a Amana Colony barn (Amada is a commune of pietist.) The first village was founded 1855 Amana constitution was chartered in 1859. (as a business) e. Everything is on a farm kitchen table as farming started in the 1830’s but took off after the Civil War. Iowa is known for bacon, beef, corn, wheat etc. The “A” is for the state having the first public school and the first high school in the 1850’s. The flower is the state flower prim rose. The Rock is the state gem Amethyst which druids say help one sleep. (I drew it from my real rock.)  It is 8” x 10,” drawn with pencil and white charcoal and completed 2014.

 The name of this piece is Coming Home is 9” x 12” and drawn November 2015. Going home is one of the strongest emotions. This Highlander just returned from war and lost a leg in combat to his parent’s old farm. (yes, the uniform is accurate.) .If you are interested in buying this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@yahoo.com to order.  

Washington D.C-Capital City

The arrow hitting the Island Beast and Merlin’s Crag that house the Sith sing a ballad to the wind that I am Clan Morrison. The beauty of the research models and the zen of the nature sing that I am an artist.  The one Southern “state” is the Distric of Columbia (In 1860, Washington’s mayor seceded which is why the union army commandeered all the buildings. They did not gave a mayor for a hundred years. Currently they have no representation on their taxes which is why they say “No taxation without repisentation.) My brother went is DC for his senior trip and said that it has the worst drivers except around Federal buildings. It is said that the Washington has worse violence then Bagdad which is why Congress deposed the mayor until 2006 with the drop in crime. As also being the capital of the US and congress defining their government, there is some resentment among residents and officials. The region was settled by Anacostines until the Ulster came in the  late 1600’s. The District was establishing in 1788 and was desighned by Pierre L’Enfant. Slaverly was big in washing ton and Georgetown until the Civil war. Then, all the cities where unified as Washington under Grant.  I think I saw a sith.

Washington, DC has a really great mythology. A Snallygaster which is kind of like a pterodactyl flys over from time to time and the is a demon cat that hunts mice in the Smithsonian and White House, but neither made the picture. (I think that the president owns a cat but did not tell Americans.) Behind everything on the left is Washington Monument. It is two tone because of its completion by Grant. Behind everything on the right in the US Capital Building which is restored from the fire in 1812.   It was not completed until the end of the Civil War. Everything is on the Flag in the Lincoln Box in Ford Theater where he was shot in 1864 and is currently preserver as it was. The book with Shakespeare is for the Folger Shakespeare Library which contains a third of Will Shakespeare original works. The ruby slipper is for the Smithsonian. The rock is the Hope Diamond which is said to be cursed ever since it was taken from the head of an idol.  In was founded out of a strange bequest of a strange Englishman. It is 9” x 12,” drawn with pencil and white chalk and completed recently.  

The name of this piece is Wheat is 8.5” x 11” and drawn with Sumi-e on watercolor paper recently. I always looked forward to wheat in Indiana.If you are interested in buying this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@yahoo.com to order.  

Illinois- Chicago

The Cup of Healing of the little brown man and the spear Gea-Bolg of Setana blow into the waves that I am Clan Morrison. The Ink sketch of a calm lake and the Zen of the shakuhachi fluke play to the wind that I am an artist. I started my art “career” on the Illinois Indiana border and learn to drive in Illinois. It is said that Illinios was fast tracked to statehood because of the Illionios-Missippi Canal connected the East Coast to New Orlands as a Free State. Illinois is still very agrarian and centrally not very populated. It is largely defined its largest city Chicago which is also the largest inland port in the United States. ( I used to live in Chicagoland.) this is why Al Capone defines the state in spite of the fact that he spent more time in Indiana. But, corruption in Chicago is rampant even now. I study fairies like the little brown man now.

The mythology of Illinois is especially unique. It has a three lagged creators named the Enfield Horror which is not in the picture. Behind everything is the Chicago Water Tower which survived the Great Fire. The tower was  built 1869 to pump clean water to the Chicago as Lake Michigan water directly surrounding the city was to polluted. It inspired the outside design of White Castel Burger restaurants. Everything is on the Garden of the Gods Wilderness stone in Shawnee National Forest which is honored in the states National park quarter.  It was part of the Depression area CCC operation. The top hat is of course Lincoln’s top hat as Illinois is called “The Land of Lincoln.”  Licon moved to the state when he was twenty after living in Indiana and Kentucky. He is buried in the state. The bean (which is its nickname) is the Cloud Gate.  It was designed by an Indian and reflects Michigan Avenue. The windmill is the Fabyan Windmill. It was built in the mid-1800’s in Lombard, Illinois but was moved to Fabya Forest Preserve in 1914 and was restored by a Dutch windmill maker in 2005.  It is 9” x 12,” drawn with pencil and white chalk and completed recently.

The name of this piece is Chanting Dragon is 8.5” x 11” and drawn with Sumi-e on watercolor paper February 2016. Dragon are close to gods in Asia and symbolizes fatherliness. The phrase in English is “the dragon chants through the withered tree,” a zen meditation. If you are interested in buying this or any other of my work email me at MatthewMorrison76@yahoo.com to order.