Bouquet for Boguet

"Bouquet for Boguet" Watercolor, inks, pen, and acrylic on Arches hot press

"Bouquet for Boguet" Watercolor, inks, pen, and acrylic on Arches hot press

Bouquet for Boguet

"Bouquet for Boguet" is an illustration that was inspired by a demonologist, Henry Boguet, and his work Discours exécrable des Sorciers,—he writes of the proper procedure for trying a suspected witch. The illustration presents two women wearing flower crowns containing various poisonous flowers (hemlock, oleander, foxglove, yew branches, wisteria, belladonna, datura, columbine). Fireflies, a symbol for illumination and self-discovery, are set aglow in the forefront.