Radiant Spleen Tarot
2014
Erik K. Lerner
USA
Extra Title card.
Art Medium:
Pen line drawings coloured with marker pens.
Description:
The artwork was created during the Summer and Autumn of 2004. The title arose out of some difficult personal circumstances. He used the word "radiant" in the title as this captured his use of shimmering iridescent colour scheme. "Spleen" to this artist had a multiplicity of meanings - the idea of the spleen creating new red blood cells, the old Italian word "splene" meaning of "learned origin", and the multivalent meanings in English as merriment, caprice, violent nature and melancholy. The thin transparent colours are printed onto gold surfaced card to produce a radiant effect.
