Giveaway ♥ Little Prisons Collection ♥

This month's lucky giveaway winner will get the complete Little Prisons collection of prints! That is not one, not two, but six prints altogether!

Once more, all you have to do to participate is be a follower of this blog and comment on this post! The giveaway will end on the 31st of March.

I am off to add a few finishing touches to some new dolls (more on them soon!)

xoxo

Little Bear

Hello :)

I am super busy preparing for the next shop update ( which will happen on the 15th of March ), and a little bit exhausted ( but in the creative, good way) ...

Still...

Spring is finally here, no?

And new friends are coming out to play:

Little Bear, acrylics on canvas, 5 x 7 in.

Ooooh! I almost forgot! A new giveaway will be announced tomorrow, a very special one indeed, so stay tuned!

I wish you all a lovely weekend!

xoxo

New Additions To The Little Shop

A sparkling new postcard pack:

Owlways Postcard Pack, set of 5 cards and matching cherry red envelopes

and a new print are now available:

You Are In Sweet Company Print

They will be at the shop today at 2.00 pm EST

xoxo

The Self

I have been struggling with a lot this past month.

Life can be rough and rewarding at the same time.

The rough patch seems to be (finally) over.

And however difficult it has been for me, it made me search deep inside of me, and emerge stronger. And inspired.

I was drawn to the archetypes of how we perceive ourselves and the world around us, and engulfed in the imagery and symbols which depict these projections, in order to breathe life into a new collection of paintings.

Here is the first one:

The Self, acrylics on canvas, 16 x 12 in.

This latest work was inspired by the Jungian Archetype, and signifies the coherent whole, unified consciousness and unconscious of a person. The Self, according to Jung, is realised as the product of individuation, which in Jungian view is the process of integrating one's personality. For Jung, the self is symbolised by the circle (especially when divided in four quadrants), the square, or the mandala.

What distinguishes Jungian psychology is the idea that there are two centers of the personality. The ego is the center of consciousness, whereas the Self is the center of the total personality, which includes consciousness, the unconscious, and the ego. The Self is both the whole and the center. While the ego is a self-contained little circle off the center contained within the whole, the Self can be understood as the greater circle.^[1]

xoxo

Music To Dream Of Tiny Worlds By...

I cannot put into words my gratitude for your support. It meant much more to me than you will ever know. Thank you with all of my heart, which you have touched deeply.

Out of the most difficult times came my rebirth. My psyche reemerged stronger, clearer, exhilarated. Ideas that lurked in the back of my mind ventured forth and consumed me whole, demanding to be given life, to be made eternal on canvas.

I succumbed to their demands.

work in progress

I've had this feeling before. I've had it with this collection, and with this one.

And every time I get this urge to paint, painting becomes part of a cleansing process for me.

There has to be quiet around me. I have to be able to listen to what is going on in my head the whole time, and not to listen to it simultaneously. I find the best way to do that is listening to music you have listened to so many times, you can almost block it out as if it were really the sound of children playing in the streets, or owls hooting at night. But you have to love these songs immensely still, no matter how many times you have heard them before, they have to inspire you still, grip you within them and let your mind go at the same time.

A few of such songs that work their magic on me every single time:

Tool ~ Reflection

Tori Amos ~ Black Dove

Led Zeppelin ~ No Quarter

Blue Oyster Cult ~ Astronomy

The Cure ~ The Lovecats

David Bowie ~ Wild Is The Wind

The Doors ~ The End

I am going back to paint, paint, paint! (and to go on listening)

xoxo