Artfelt - Intuitive Art

Hathor: Goddess of the sky, dance, love, beauty, joy, motherhood, foreign lands, music and fertility... I asked myself before beginning this painting, “What if I don’t know who I’m painting?”…Well this was one of those paintings…I thought I was painting Cleopatra because of the Egyptian features, but when I researched about her, it didn’t match up. Then I found out about Hathor - an ancient Egyptian Goddess, and it was speaking exactly what the painting had showed me. So I asked the energy, and yes! Wow - Thank you. I didn’t know there was a Goddess that represented all these amazing things. I knew from the outset that this painting was powerfully femimine, as the colour was a vibrant fuchsia and was painted in smooth circles going to the left of the centre. Then the Egyptian features, the way the hair has two strong egyptian like hair pieces on either side, the eye markings, the necklace resembling an eagle with two wings going up around her neck, one wing male and the ot...

It is wonderful to get the opportunity to paint another piece for someone.  This person is an old school friend, whom I share many memories with from our young teenage years. From those somewhat reakless days, we have come a long way and she leads an amazing life, taking care of two beautiful children and much more.   The image of this painting came to me the day after her request. I could see the whole painting. So I started with the dark forest green background, which I kept seeing as very dence native bush, but as I painted, it needed to look like pounamu. It also seemed to have a strong connection to the heart. Once this was finished, I began the beautiful white feather, that had a distinct black tip. I thought it looked like a Huia feather, but found that it had the opposite placement of black and white, so looked further into feathers on the internet and confirmed the thought that this was a White Eagle feather. In reading, I found that the gift of an Eagle Feat...