ART IS LIFE … LIFE IS ART
Posted in Fantasy Art, Greeting Cards, New Works, Sacred Art on Apr 16th, 2009
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, [...]
Posted in Graphic Arts, Greeting Cards, Messages, New Works, Sacred Art on Nov 6th, 2008
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Fantasy Role Playing Games, Greeting Cards, Messages, New Works on Aug 13th, 2008
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, [...]
Posted in Articles, Fantasy Art, Greeting Cards, New Works on Jul 31st, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Articles, Fantasy Art, Fantasy Role Playing Games, New Works on May 1st, 2008
My husband, Vincent, and I were just having a little conversation about the amount of impact of Role Playing Games and comics have had upon yester-year’s youth. Then the subject turned to “The Story of Jasmine” fantasy adventure tale I’d created in my early years as an artist. My fantasy story was published in The [...]
Posted in New Works on Sep 23rd, 2007
DARLENE just finished illustrating the following article:
“THE CONSECRATED LITTLE BOOK OF BLACK VENUS, Part Two: Olympic Spirits, the Cult of The Dark Goddess, and the Seal of Ameth” written by Vincent Bridges and Teresa Burns and published in the Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition (No. 13, Vol. 2. Vernal Equinox 2007).
The article is about [...]
Posted in New Works, Sacred Art on Sep 3rd, 2007
I took on Dr. Teresa Burns’ challenge to colorize the frontispiece of John Dee’s “Monas Hieroglyphica.” Using my background in alchemy, angelic magic and the language of symbols, this is my result: