JANELLE McKAIN
Winter Witch
This is the third in a series based on the parallelism between lunar phases / women's ages / and the 4 seasons.
WINTER: a period of destruction and transformation, an "obscure" phase corresponding to the black moon, the "Witch".
Above her head, I incorporated the Triple Lunar Goddess symbol - Maiden, Mother, Crone ( or waxing, full, waning moon) A symbol of feminine energy and psychic abilities.
I also incorporated the Celtic Triquetra symbol...The Triquetra can represent the 3 aspects of the feminine life cycle, the maiden (the young virgin), the mother (pregnancy and motherhood) and the crone (old age and immense wisdom).
WINTER: a period of destruction and transformation, an "obscure" phase corresponding to the black moon, the "Witch".
Above her head, I incorporated the Triple Lunar Goddess symbol - Maiden, Mother, Crone ( or waxing, full, waning moon) A symbol of feminine energy and psychic abilities.
I also incorporated the Celtic Triquetra symbol...The Triquetra can represent the 3 aspects of the feminine life cycle, the maiden (the young virgin), the mother (pregnancy and motherhood) and the crone (old age and immense wisdom).
Surreal Visions
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Exquisite Corpse Colaborations
These are drawings with other international artists. One person starts the drawing, covers their part leaving only a small strip exposed and mails to the 2nd participant. That artist finishes the drawing based only on what he/she can see from the small strip. I have enjoyed this process immensely.
These are drawings with other international artists. One person starts the drawing, covers their part leaving only a small strip exposed and mails to the 2nd participant. That artist finishes the drawing based only on what he/she can see from the small strip. I have enjoyed this process immensely.
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ARTISTS STATEMENT
I have always had a creative mind. In my life, making art and breathing are equally important.
My drawings seep from my subconscious, they are often automatic. Perhaps this is a way to reveal one's psyche, which otherwise would be repressed. I often find I undoubtedly say much more about myself through my drawings than I really know. Never the less, it is the purging of my soul that I am addicted to.
Drawing provides solidarity for my creative energy. Art is my haven from the hectic pace of everyday life and an escape from reality. I take photographs to capture images of the world in which I live… I make art to escape from it.
I create work that is soulful. If one chooses to make art to please an audience, one becomes a slave to pleasing the audience for the rest of your life. My art is enigmatic and emerges at will. It is surreal in nature, and it is intimate.
I draw because my soul yearns to breathe and inspiration is forcing me to gasp for air, I know no other way.
Janelle McKain, 2009
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