One of the reasons for me to do all of these paintings is because I wish to use the art for a deck of Goddess Cards: The Surcadian Oracle. Because they will eventually be used for divination I decided to start using them as such here. I think about once a week or so, I’ll pull out one of these goddesses at “random” and see what the energy is. I’ll share it here and would love any feedback if you feel called! I’ll keep you posted.
Detail of one of the seals on Sedna’s painting. This one’s my favorite.
She’s been roughed in and I’ve been staring at it like this for too long. I suppose we creative types go through this… blocks, feeling uninspired. Although really tired today, I’m picking up my brush again now and I’m going to get cranking. I’m ready to move and create. Finally. I can’t wait to hit it with some color…those northern lights are going in. :)
So stinkin’ cute! Now I get to collect seal photos for references as they’ll be included in the next painting.
Finally finished inking & photoshopping all the book illustrations. I am crossing my fingers that there will be minimal changes and no color needed after final aproval. It’s not my style, not my thing..but it’s work! So that’s good. What I really want to do though is get started on my Sedna.
Baba Yaga
When I worked with Baba Yaga, she stripped so much away. Acheulean asks me to go back, and back and back. Back to the foundation, back to everything that was and is, stripped of the distractions and confusion. Back to the beginning…ending…beginning….shortly after painting her we were forced to move. I rid myself of many many things. It was emotional and dark. Still living the effect of my prayers to Baba Yaga…the bone mother…Achulean asks me, no tells me, to begin again. Literally we are now starting over.
These goddesses have officially been kicking my butt. It’s really important to me that when I paint them, I somehow infuse something extra into it. I want them to be magical. In order to do that, I really have to live it.
Four more boards primed means four more goddesses to paint. Sedna is definitely next. Then maybe Pele… I’m excited!
This project that I’m working on has been a dream of mine for many years. It means a great deal to me to be able to convey these goddesses in a way that makes them real and accessible. In the times that we are living, knowing that magic is possible can be a comfort. Knowing that miracles can happen and the Divine not only lives among us, but within us can sometimes give us that extra boost we need to carry on when things seem hopeless.
I truly hope that these paintings can trigger something in us, can allow us to remember that there is more than what we know, a wisdom that we can reach. I hope that they can bring balance or maybe fill an empty place in us by realizing that we too carry magic and divinity. I hope that we can remember that we are connected by a history and stories that are so ancient they have long been forgotten, but in their remembering we can come together and effect changes and prosper.
