Benjamin A. Vierling was born in San Francisco in 1974 and been studying painting privately since he could hold a brush. His work utilizes the renaissance technique of mixing egg tempera & oil paints, as learned from Philp Rubinov Jacobson in Austria. Working from his California atelier in a 19th century convent, Vierling has been exhibiting internationally since 2004. Specializing in mythical portraits, arcane symbolism, and vanitas themed still lives, his paintings have appeared on numerous book and album covers, including Joanna Newsom's critically acclaimed record

portrait of Jhon Renoir and his two children, Renee and Alex.

Woman with Beast

Papaver Somniferum

Danielle

Mandragora

Ajna Icon

Man as Machine

Bird with Ring

Apocalypse sun

Pomegranates

Watain

Weapon

Weapon

Vierling’s illustration work has appeared in a wide variety of occult and metaphysical contexts including, illuminated horoscopes, ritual music album covers, and alchemical treatises.

Spectral lore

Among the pieces exhibited at the Esoteric Book Conference are the original pen and ink drawings for Jocus Severus, published by Ouroboros Press, 2011, as well as the paintings used for the highly acclaimed alchemical books by Robert Allen Bartlett, Real Alchemy and The Way of the Crucible, published by Ibis Press, 2009.

folding

Alchemy book

The Way of the Crucible

Still life

Strychnin

The Path

Valkyrie

Sound: Gary Karr – Bloch: Player From Sketches From Jewish life

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