REA's EYE

12/28/2014

End of year painting updates to be uploaded soon

03/30/2014

A reflection on painting on 03/17/14 : My paintings are my story, a chronology of my emotional life history all etched out perfectly. A canvas just listens, I can throw anything at it, good, bad, indifferent and it just soaks it all in and holds it, and in reflection holds me without any limits or conditions. I can tell it my whole life story and it wont get agitated or nervous. It accepts me just as I am. So painting becomes an active relationship; a dialogue between me, god/spirit/energy, the canvas and paint that is fulfilling. Sometimes thats what I need and maybe what all humans need on some level is an objective listener who doesn't have an opinion, nor a resolution, or a hidden agenda, but just a presence.

03/30/2014

Painted tonight. Painted outside in the dark with little light with the wind flowing and the trees swaying. Felt very freeing to be amongst nature flowing freely with the paint and letting things flow out of me. First time in over a month. Very cleansing and freeing.

03/02/2014

2/28/14. Acrylic on paper

02/06/2014

01/31/2014

In Celtic folklore there exists an invisible realm inhabited by Otherworldly beings known as the Sidhe (fey People). They are considered to be a distinct race, anthropomorphic in appearance, but not quite human. It was said they had powers beyond those of men to move quickly through the air and change their shape at will. The legend of the Sidhe predates the Christian era, going back as far as the arrival of the Celts in 300 BCE (perhaps earlier).

When the Celts first came to Ireland, they found that the Tuatha De Danaan, the people of the goddess Dana, already had control of the land. The sons of Mil fought them in battle and defeated them, driving them 'underground' where it is said they remain to this day in the hollow hills or Sidhe mounds.

Rural folk have described several types of Sidhe people, some who walk the land after sunset, some who travel through the air at night and others that guard sacred groves and magical lakes.

The bean nighe (Celtic Gaelic for "washer woman"), is a type of fairy, seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. She is a type banshee who wanders near deserted streams where she washes the blood from the grave-clothes of those who are about to die.

The Ghillie Dhu is a guardian spirit of the trees. He is kind to children, but generally wild and shy. Said to be dark haired, he is described as clothed in leaves and moss. He especially likes birch trees, and is most active at night.

leanán sídhe "Barrow-Lover" is a beautiful fey known as the concubine of the fairy mounds. These seductive spirits often take on human lovers who are said to live brief, though highly inspired, lives.

The Sluagh were the spirits of the restless dead. Sometimes they were seen as sinners, or generally evil people who were welcome in neither heaven nor hell, nor in the Otherworld, who had also been rejected by the Celtic deities and by the earth itself. They are almost always depicted as troublesome and destructive.

A Fuath is dangerous water spirit. They are associated with hate and vengeance, often found in the sea, rivers, fresh water, or lochs. It is said they place eye-catching trinkets on the riverbanks in order to lure children closer to the edge. As they wandered within her reach, she would then grasp their ankles and drag them under the surface of the water.

ARTWORK
Bean Nighe by Atomhawk
Fuath by Mar1aHase

01/30/2014

1st layer to the January Full Moon painting. The second day was too cloudy for me...Looking forward to filling it in in Feb

01/30/2014

Anger, Lust, hate,Passion love...blahblahblah

01/08/2014

Just finished a seesh and my foot got painted on...Hey the body is a great canvas ;)

01/08/2014

Cork

01/08/2014

Passion

01/03/2014

My new baby " Passion" 3rd layer