I suppose it's quite a stereotypical thing to say "I never know what to put in these things!" but I think it's true enough for most people. I don't much like to talk about myself, rather I want to talk about things, and experiences and ideas and I much prefer to talk to someone than ramble on a blank page I'm not sure anyone will bother to read.
Nothing for it, so I guess I'll start with a little bit about myself. I've been practicing art and writing since I was a little girl. My father encouraged me to draw and paint, although he died before I got serious and would have loved to have him teach me himself. He painted using oils and I don't even know what's happened to any of them over the years. I think he must have been the type to give things away, and I can definitely relate because I do that as well when I think someone really needs or would love something I've done. When I was in high school my best friend showed me the basics of watercolor and gave me a sample palette of some of her watercolors that were much nicer than what I'd ever tried to do with the sort of crayola paints I'd seen before then. I fell in love and I've been painting with watercolor ever since. After that I started playing around with polymer clay, making very terrible jewelry I inflicted on friends and family til I got acceptable at it. I won't say I'm amazing because there are some insanely talented people out there who create true works of art and I can't even seem to keep fingerprints out of it! When I was in college my new friends introduced me to Paganism, letting me watch a Mabon ritual tucked away in a corner of the campus on a blanket. I said I just wanted to watch but within a few moments I was sitting down and asking to participate. I never looked back, and I'd never felt any connection to the divine so strong before. So now a lot of my work is influenced by my spiritual practice, and I've branched out into digital art, making small portable shrines, and altar pieces like offering bowls and incense holders. I hope my work enriches someone's life, speaks to them in some way that I never even expected. You might notice on my Goddess coloring pages that there's a blank space on the bottom instead of a name. This is intentional. Just because in my head I think "This is so and so" doesn't mean that the image will necessarily speak to everyone the same way. A goddess I drew intending to be Athena might speak to someone else as Blodeuwedd instead for example. In fact some Goddess images come to me and I have no idea Who they are! So I leave that spot blank with the knowledge that art is such a subjective thing, people see and interpret things differently because we're all unique and have vastly different experiences through our lives. I hope people enjoy this and share the images they color and Who spoke to them through it! |