Featuring MYSTIC ART CARDS by DARLENE, her NEWEST Set for 2010:
Thirteen Knots The Gilead Cross Geometric Circle Mystic Rose Knot Geometric Triangle Gilead Love Knots
FANTASY GREETING CARDS by DARLENE:
More information about Darlene’s Fantasy Art cards shown above are posted here and may be purchased at Darlene’s Zazzle Shop.
DIVINELY INSPIRED GREETING CARDS [...]
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by DARLENE
Last year’s idea of publishing my artwork in the form of greeting cards was on the right track-but now I can see that I was just thinking too small-and so twentieth century! This realization comes on the heels of an artistic journey that has side tracked me since Thanksgiving.
As described in my previous post, [...]
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It’s been such a long time since I’ve felt optimistic about the world’s future that for the past few years, I’ve mainly been focusing my attention upon the past. But as of election night, I perceive the time for me to move forward has now begun.
Of late, I’ve been languishing in a bleak world where even [...]
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The beginning of my Egyptian phase started in the early 1990s. “Raising The Djed,” depicts Nebt Het (Nephthys/dark aspect) and her sister Ast (Isis-/ight aspect) in the act of keeping the Djed, the back bone of Osiris, upright and properly oriented towards the heavens.
To the ancient Egyptians, the Djed pillar represented foundation and stability, a sort of [...]
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Posted in Greeting Cards, New Works on Oct 14th, 2008
For some of my (devoted) fans who’ve asked for photographs of me… I picked the most artistic, dramatic, interesting and experimental… I took most of the photographs. Enjoy!
Just drop on by to my shop to purchase the following photographic black and white cards and prints:
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE.
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Posted in Goddesses, Greeting Cards, New Works on Oct 14th, 2008
ANNOUNCEMENT: I have just begun to offer my Greeting cards through zazzle. Check out my new shop at http://www.zazzle.com/darleneartist
The first ones I have put up are Halloween cards of The Baron Samedi:
In 1992, I created a series of oil pastels on charcoal paper depicting The Baron Samedi, the highly cultured Ghede spirit of Death [...]
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Posted in Greeting Cards, Messages, New Works on Oct 6th, 2008
I just came up for breath, having been deeply immersed within a creative frenzy since the middle of August… I finished “DRAGON GRUMBLES,” a column heading for Tim Kask, the last surviving TSR elder (i.e. the first employee hired by Gary Gygax). The black & white line art features a dragon with an attitude, apparently [...]
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Hey–I’m glad y’all finally made it here!
THANK YOU FOR VISITING. If you are interested in viewing my newest lines of Greeting Cards, click onto the link up at the top of the page above the banner: UNUSUAL GREETING CARDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE” and enjoy… I’ll be putting new designs up on a regular basis, [...]
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This site’s commencement happens to co-incide with a time I was exploring my roots in medieval-fantasy illustration for the RPG genre with the distinction of being the first female RPG artist freelancing in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. For one thing, I was surprised to learn that my early fantasy art had inspired new generations of fans. [...]
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At first, I thought it happened by accident. But now I’m not so sure. It is a strange thing to be able to make a profound connection with an earlier self. I didn’t know that this was even possible, but I’m able to access things I thought I’d forgotten all about.
The reconnection process was happening [...]
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