TLDR: Calling in the first 3 people for Mythic Self - Apply here. Hello love, I’m so excited to finally share Mythic Self with you! If you’ve been following along these last few months, you know guided journeys have been a part of my recent paintings. And if you’re thinking, “Wait, what’s a journey?” A journey is a hypnosis — an intentional visit to your unconscious. Guided means someone else is leading the way, helping you uncover symbols, images, and messages meant for you. I first...

Meeting the Foremother Meeting the Foremother, 48"x 60" oil on canvas Soon after I began My Beautiful Beast, the next breadcrumb appeared. A friend invited me to a guided meditation — a journey to meet my ancestral foremother. I said yes. We traveled 30,000 years back to a peaceful, pre-warring matriarchal society. I was told to bring an offering. I brought two gold nose rings. The place I saw was a fusion of two sacred sites in nature: one near Boulder, CO, the other in Yosemite. When I...

My Beautiful Beast I had a dream a few months ago, which led me to research myth, archetypes and active imaginings. The next 3 paintings that I'm going to share are a result of me following the breadcrumbs of that interest. One archetype in particular mirrored an aspect of what was happening in my inner world. I drew a diagram to make sense of it for myself. Soon after I did that, a shape kept appearing in my sketches. Later while walking around I got a fuller picture of it, which felt part...