VOTE! 2010 BELTANE/SAMHUINN PHYSICAL ART ENTRIES

[Earthwoman]

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[Snægl]

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Spring Passion

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Spring Passion

This painting was an incredible exercise in inspiration for me. I started out trying to be photo-realistic, left-brained accurate, but ended up with an anemic flower and a ton of frustration. Finally, I adopted a "screw it!" attitude and started dipping my fingers in the raw paints and mooshing them around. I realized that I didn't want to paint apple blossom, I wanted to paint Spring, in all its vitality. Once I let go of what I thought I should do I was quite pleased with the final results!

[Cosmic Ash]

Brown Hare

Drawn with soft pastels and charcoal.

[Salomea]

Ram-horned Snake



Among celtic iconography there was a motif of ram-horned snake.
The animal is often pictured on gallo-roman sculptures/relief/altars, where it accompanies particular god, or goddess, more rarely a couple.
It is interpreted as a symbol of vitality, fertility, reborn/resurrection. Often around god/dess wrist reaching for fruit or patera.

She is the personification of this mythical creature, of which I have no info about any written sources left.
Her look is part of the dream she appeared.

[Earthwoman]

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