The Black Accord — The Watcher

He does not bare his teeth.
He does not advance.

He watches.

Emerging from shadow rather than landscape, The Watcher is not a portrait of an animal but a presence — an agreement older than language. The wolf’s gaze is steady, unflinching, and uninviting. There is no threat here, only certainty.

Within The Black Accord, the wolf stands as keeper of boundary and balance. He is the one who remembers the terms when others forget. Protector, witness, and judge — not through violence, but through endurance.

Rendered in deep, earthen blacks and muted umber tones, with eyes like cold embers held under ash, this piece is meant to be lived with quietly. It does not ask for attention. It holds it.

This is a work for those who understand that loyalty is not softness, and silence is not absence.

Heather Lynn Donovan
Always by candlelight