Ember Sting, Red Tribal Scorpion

Spiritual, Mandala & Symbolic · square

A red scorpion is drawn as a bold, symmetrical, tattoo-style silhouette on a plain white background. Its tail curls high over its body to a sharp point, and its two big claws and several legs spread wide across the lower part of the image. White curving lines separate the body, claws and tail segments. The red fill looks marbled and smoky, shifting between deep crimson, maroon and touches of orange.

Someone wants this piece for the contrast between a razor-sharp tribal scorpion silhouette and a red fill that looks molten, like smoke or marbled stone. The white cut-lines carve the claws, tail segments and legs into clean, flowing shapes. Inside them, the crimson shifts to maroon, scarlet and burnt orange as if lit from within like embers. The scorpion is perfectly symmetrical, with its tail curling to a raised stinger, so it reads instantly as one bold, confident image. A collector can also want it purely for how it looks. For a Scorpio, it is a scorpion that looks like a tattoo design and is richer than flat black.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski.

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