The White Hart Brings an Omen. By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.
Inspired by the story of St. Julian who was hunting a stag, and the stag
told him that he (Julian) would one day kill his own mother and father.
The Bithiae are Scythian witches that supposedly have two pupils in each eye. My Bithiae look more like elegant Dutch Renaissance maidens, I know, but I'm using artistic license because I want it to be pretty.
I've been practicing my satin stitch with this needlepainting of a deer standing before a wall of ivy, assorted hued leaves, whatever. This has been a very slow process, as sometimes I get too many balls rolling at once, and then something gets left behind. This piece has gotten left behind a lot, but now I am ready to give it some attention.