#Richard Cooluris

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portrayals of bats in the 20th & 21st centuries

Bat Cabaret Sign - France - wrought iron, rolled iron, carved and embossed, green glass

pair of bats - ivory seal - China

Rene Lalique (French, 1860-1945) - bat brooch - 1900

bat design - Bijutsukai (Art World) - vol. 2 - 1901-1902

Rene Lalique (French, 1860-1945) - bat ring - 1901

Rene Lalique (French, 1860-1945) - bat pendant - 1901

Ferdinand Erhart (French, active 1891-1933) - Bat Belt Buckle - cast silver, carved and oxidized - 1908

Bat Brooch - France - c.1908

Henri Husson (French, 1852-1933) - Cup with Bat - c.1909

Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945) - Bats In Moonlight - c.1910

Harrison Cady (American, 1877-1970) - illustration for Mother West Wind Why Stories by Thornton Burgess - 1915

John Buckland Wright (British, 1897-1954) - illustration for Le Sphinx by Iwan Gilkin - 1919

Heinrich Kley (German, 1863-1945) - illustration for Der Orchideengarten (The Orchid Garden) - 1919

Bats and Crescent Moon - incense box - Japan - early 20th century

Weird Tales - October 1933

Black Bat Firecrackers

Edward Gorey (American, 1925-2000) - Bat & Ballerina - pin - New York City Ballet - c.1970s

Edward Gorey (American, 1925-2000) - Bats & Bicycles stencil illustration from The Broken Spoke - 1976

Edward Gorey (American, 1925-2000) - cover illustration for A Clutch of Vampires by Raymond T. McNally

Three of Bats - Tarot Card - 1996

Richard Cooluris (American, working in San Francisco) - Perseus and the Bat - mixed media painting on wood panel - 2016

Yegor Smirnov (working in Montreal) - Bat Ring - 3d-printed and casted in silver - 2016

Stephanie Inagaki (working in Los Angeles) - Trinity - charcoal & gold foil

Adam Binder (British, b.1970) - Bats - carved ebony & carved ivory

Wayan Tuges (luthier working in Indonesia) - Raised by Bats - Commemorative custom Blueberry guitar for Aurelio Voltair - 2020

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Richard Cooluris

Sagittarius, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 2015

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Star Map of Pegasus and the Great Square, mixed media on wood panel, 2017

I draw out the shapes and patterns in the stars. I create precise portraits of the night sky, then allow life-forms to emerge from these constellations.

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Richard Cooluris

Ladders, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 2015

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Star Map of Aquarius, mixed media on wood panel, 2017

I draw out the shapes and patterns in the stars. I create precise portraits of the night sky, then allow life-forms to emerge from these constellations.

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Star Map of the Flying Fish Constellation, mixed media on wood panel, 2017

I draw out the shapes and patterns in the stars. I create precise portraits of the night sky, then allow life-forms to emerge from these constellations.

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Star Map of Cancer, 2017

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The Tree of Life, 2016

See also: The Annunciation of the Moon

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The Pleiades and the Oaks, 2016

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Cetus the Navigator, 2016

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Annunciation of the Moon, 2016

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Sagittarius and the White Elk, mixed media on wood panel, 2016

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The Wings, mixed media on wood panel, 2016

Perseus and the Bat, mixed media on wood panel, 2016

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A Rattlesnake Will Eat the Moon. Acrylic, colored pencil, and ink on wood panel

Richard Cooluris, 2016

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Sagittarius, Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 2015

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The Phoenix and the Turtles, Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Wood Panel, 2015