Illustration Friday: Burning

Keep the home fires burning.

A quick little painting for Illustration Friday's prompt: Burning

acrylic paint on masonite 6"x6"

IF : Similar

Even though all the trees in the wild birch forest look similar, the white raven always returns to the same one year after year.

Legend has it that it was the tree she was born in.
She took her first flight from that very branch she's perched on.The other ravens of the wild birch forest honor and respect her for her true heart and sense of place.For those of you who believe you can never go home again, you've obviously never had the good fortune of meeting the white raven and feeling her magic.



For Illustration Friday's promt: Similar...and they picked my word!! Thank you IF :) Acrylic paint and colored pencil on cardboard

Click picture to step into the woods :)

IF : Winter Plain

I had a series of dreams a while back where giant pears cropped up everywhere dotting the hills and plains. From a distance they looked like small, golden trees. There was always one raven in the dreams, as though he were the keeper of my dreamscapes and these golden pears were his gift.

Here on this desolate winter plain, Raven holds tight to the magic of this gift. Keeping watchful and looking skyward towards the falling snow, Raven is thankful for this moment.

acrylic, Prismacolor pencils, rubber stamp trees on bristol board.

For Illustration Friday promt: plain (from my archives)

Be sure to check out my entry for this word in my Moleskine!

Feel The Magic!

To all of my friends who come to visit, I wish you all the magic this season brings!

Here's to a New Year that holds the promise of peace, health and abundance for one and all. I look forward to spending more time with you and sharing more art in 2008!

Until then, Merry Christmas...and remember, the magic is in the small things :)