"Frau Perchta" by Destiney Hett

Title:	"Frau Perchta"
Date Created:	11/16/2019
Copyright:	© Destiney Hett Art
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Charcoal, Colored Pencil, Gouache
Views:	942
Posted:	12/7/2019

Projects: Solo / Two-Person Shows 2025 What Lies Below / BAAT Gallery / Clarksville, TN (two-person) Group / Juried Shows 2026 Year of the Horse / Modern Eden Gallery / San Francisco, CA 2025 Third Annual Postcard Show / Brassworks Gallery / Portland, OR 2025 Seasons Changing / Distinction Gallery / Escondido, CA 2025 Trick or Treat: Small Works Show / Curio Art Gallery / Portugal 2025 Artistry of Tarot / Poetic Tiger Gallery / Boise, ID 2025 The Portrait Show 13: Magic / Modern Eden Gallery / San Francisco, CA 2024 Autumn Apparitions / JKR Gallery / Provo, UT 2022 Small Works Show / Curio Art Gallery / Portugal 2022 Between The Spellbook Pages / Gristle Art Gallery / Brooklyn, NY 2022 October Art Crawl / Rockwall Gallery / Nashville, TN 2022 Witches / The Warren Studio / Nashville, TN 2022 Rise of the Dark Art Society / Skull & Snake Tattoo Studio & Art Gallery / N. Berwick, ME 2021 Dawn of the Dark Art Society / Skull & Snake Tattoo Studio & Art Gallery / N. Berwick, ME 2021 Isolation / Corvidae Gallery / Nashville, TN 2019 Tim Burton Art Show / Hardy & Nance Studios / Houston, TX

Location: United States

This painting was created for the "Ill Tidings, We Bring" Art Show put on by DUSK Art Collective. "Frau Perchta" is a 5x7" mixed media drawing. The piece is based on the ancient European folklore of Frau Perchta. She was a Christmas witch who would cut open bad children and replace their insides with straw. She was often described as either an old crone, or a young Scandinavian woman resembling the goddess Frigga.