Posts Tagged ‘moon’
Saturday, March 12th, 2011
 The word this week for illustration Friday is stir. I am glad that they had a word to prompt me, because I was at a lost for words due to the devastation in Japan.
My instinct is to help, so in addition to my donation to the Red Cross, to help the survivors in Japan, I am donating proceeds from the sales of this image from Fine Art America to the Red Cross.
Please go to:
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/moon-howl-indigene-theresa-gaskin.html to purchase a print or card.
Devastation stirs up great emotions and sometimes all you can do is, howl. Thank you in advance for your help and support in advance.
Offered in Peace and Prayers.
Tags: Art, Devastation, Donation, Earthquake, Fine Art America, Help, howl, Indigene, Japan, mixed media, moon, Peace, Prayers, Stirs, support, Wolf
Posted in Art, Illustration Friday, News | 15 Comments »
Friday, February 25th, 2011
 It has been a long week full of exciting things, that I will reveal in time. It has also been a week of taking care of the daily things in the routine of life; you know the stuff, that you do, but you really rather be doing something fun. Oh well, there is always dreams…
So after dreaming about birds again last night, lots of birds, lots of birds flying, the whole dream in blue, I decided to post my dream sequence image of swarming birds…:)
Sometimes dreams help solve problems or give answers that exist or are needed in the conscious world, but sometimes dreams are just crazy nonsensical dreams.
But, how do you tell? I’m open to answers.
After my week, I think it’s probably the universe, playing its own kind of game, (see image below) watching us, running through our lives, not doing what truly matters.
Be still, be alert and always present.
Peace.
Tags: acrylic ink, acrylic paint, bird, Birds, blue, branch, consciousness, crows, Dreams, flight, Graphite, hand, http://indigeneart.com, Indigene, mixed media, moon, night, ravens, sphere of colors, studio nook, Studio Nookery, Universe, watercolor
Posted in Art, General, Illustration Friday, Studio Time, Work | 16 Comments »
Friday, March 19th, 2010
 Another painting in my Goddess Series is Spider Woman. I’m not doing the goddess series in any order, other than they way that they come to me; nor do I have any idea how many paintings will complete the series, I’ll let them determine that. This is a great educational process and fantastic artistic journey!
Spider Woman is an important goddess among many southwestern Native American tribes. Spider Woman is responsible for bringing fire to the Pueblo, Tewa and Kiwa tribes.
For the Hopi tribes, Spider Woman is a creator of the moon, and their emergence into the world. Spider Woman has the power to give and take life, and is connected to hunting and agriculture.
Cherokee Grandmother Spider brought people the sun and fire. She taught them pottery, weaving, and how to make ceremonial blessings.
The great blessings and history of Spider Woman will not “expire“ and will continue to be a wonderful tradition in Native American culture. Remember to pass on your cultural and family traditions so that they will live on for generations to come!
Work-In-Progress: The Spider Woman painting started out as a graphite sketch, proceeding to mix media including: ink,  watercolor, acrylic and finally a light glaze of oil paint! It was a timely process, but so worth the luminosity that cannot be seen on any screen version!
Tags: acrylic, agriculture, Blessings, ceremonial, Cherokee, culture, emergence, fire, grandmother, Graphite, Hopi, http://indigeneart.com, hunting, Indigene, ink, Kiwa, mixed media, moon, Native American, oil paint, Paula Gunn Allen, pottery making, Pueblo, Southwestern, spider, Spider Woman, spinning, sun, Tewa, Tradition, tribes, watercolor, weaving, web, Work-In-Progress
Posted in Art, General, Handmade Gifts, Illustration Friday, Work | 20 Comments »
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
I was in the “zone”, (which is the preoccupation of obsessively creating an image), becoming so strong in my mind’s eye, that I am only freed from the zone by completing the actual work. I worked days, excessively on this image.
I know that I feel exposed when I show any part of the process to anyone outside the zone of my head. I am aware that I am exposed.
I took breaks, but it is the night of another day of obsessing over every little piece of it, adding, subtracting, pacing around the work, only stopping to take nature’s breaks, which can be a nuisance when in the creative zone.
It is only when the image is getting near the final stages that I feel I have revealed my subject or an aspect of them in an honest approach.
Tags: "O", 22x30 inches, acrylic, Arches paper, bracelet, charms, color pencil, Creative, day, easel, enamel, expose, Graphite, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, mixed media, moon, moonscapes, night, obsession, pen/ink, portrait, Snakes, spirit, spirituality, Studio, turtles, vulnerability, watercolor, Work-In-Progress, Zone
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
 Fog always inspire mystery to me, so this image was the first one I thought of to illustrate foggy.
I created this piece two months ago. It was inspired by a foggy mist that covered the moon one night from my deck and the howling dog two houses away from me! It reminded me of a wolf howling at a foggy moon. I portrayed the moon as an old woman, since she’s been around for centuries!
May your all your fog be lifted and beautiful light guides your way! Peace.
Tags: acrylic, Fog, Foggy, guide, howl, Illustration Friday, Indigene, Indigeneart.com, ink, light, moon, watercolor
Posted in Illustration Friday | 18 Comments »
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