Tarot Card Series:
The Empress
Art has always been a part of my life. From a very early age I remember wonderful days with my grandmother, coloring, painting, playing with clay, and making things out of house-hold items. I was a favorite with all of my art teachers. Not The favorite, as there have been people better then me, or those with far more stellar personalities then mine, but I did recieve my share of the limelight. I've had art pieces, poetry, and stories awarded through out my education.
The most amazing thing about my life in art has been the recurring theme of networks. My Grandmother was my earliest teacher and mentor, and continues to be my mentor though she is horribly riddle with crioppling arthritis. She, in her time taught my High School Art Teacher, as well as one of my Private Art Teachers. Both of these two have been guiding lights and role models for my continued work.
Tarot Card Series:
The Empress
Animals have always been something I found inspiring. From an early age I was drawn to them and the lessons they offererd us if we would only stop for a moment and... Listen. The environment is something no-one can truely deny as awe-inspiring. Great storm clouds, lightening storms, dawn, dusk, the quality of light in different aspects of the day and seasons. Amazing. History and the human element in history, the symbolism in color, animals, numbers, and other such things that can be so vastly different from one culture to the next holds a specil intrest for me and can be seen in many of my more deeply research art pieces. Just look deeper. There is also a deep spiritual connection to the environment are major factors in Ms. Bryant's inspiration. Theology, symbology based on different culture perspectives, and the study of various cultures Traditions that often show up in many of my works.
I am a fan of the horrific as well, and many are the images of Dragons battling each other while werewolves stalk the night looking for likely prey! Terror, gore, and the many faces of death all remind me of how alive I am, and I cherish those dark moments as a reality check for what precious things I have in this life. So much of my "Dark Art" is actually a reaffirmation of life.
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