Beltane

Beltane- Beltane is a Gaelic holiday that is celebrated between the spring equinox and the coming of the summer solstice. It is a holiday for fertility and the returning of the warmth and light of the sun. It’s commonly celebrated with decorations made of flowers and dancing around bonfires. Here my Nomadiskeli adorned in a dress blooming with flowers holds a burning crown of thorns to symbolically show the burning away of pain and sorrow in life.

Why the eye? Eyes express the innermost feelings and desires of the heart. Eye’s are symbolically associated with intelligence, light, vigilance, moral conscience and truth.

May 1 is Beltane and last year I made this artwork for the holiday. I thought I’d share it because it hasn’t been a big seller for me which kind of surprises me. Maybe if I would have used a different animal skull and not a wolf to represent the holiday or perhaps adorned her with a headdress. All my focus was on her gown and making it turn into flowers as if to blanket the land in new growth. I thought maybe the crown of thorns burning might have made people uncomfortable but I never get any questions about it. It’s not at all about burning Jesus Christ but more about what the symbol of the thorns mean which is suffering. You can purchase Beltane here, https://nomadical.bigcartel.com/product/beltane or you can find her with me at all my exhibition events. This coming weekend I’m in Indianapolis with the Oddities and Curiosities Expo. Event details are on my Events page as well as other vending events that I will be doing.

My time has been consumed but I have another artwork that I’m putting together for a copper plate etching that will also be about Beltane. It’s nowhere near ready just because I’ve been so busy with conventions and tattoo work. My process for creating is slower when I’m not using the iPad to make the art but the results are empowering. I look forward to showing you that process and hopefully some good prints.

I also have a t-shirt coming out and I might even have them at this coming weekends expo. I’m making updates to my print store in May and will add prints, stickers and my shirts for you to buy.

Thank you very much for all the love and support for my creating endeavors. I am deeply touched when people find me at the conventions and tell me they are fans and wanted to meet me in person.

-love and light always