View From Valehaven Art Gallery

Submitted as part of the Art Tourney at Feast of Voraniss I - April 6th, 2019

Compiled by Renee "Kindrianna" Booke

Esto'miel aka Zane Raschick's Entry

"My piece is of one of a woman who left a mark on my soul. A more beautiful dwarf I've never met. Born amidst a hateful and oppressive culture she found the will to rise against the odds. I will never forget the fire in her eyes. A fire that often times manifested itself physically, licking harmlessly from the tips of her silvery hair and casting a warm glow across marble skin."

Laika aka Stephen Sanford's Entry in regular light

When I look at inner spirit most people only see what’s on the outside each of us all. Some of us worship gods, some follow nations, some align with good, some align with evil; it does not matter. When you get to know someone and become closer, you get to see parts of their true self. A glowing luster shines forth from our inner soul and we are only given a glimpse of our true potential. In times of great need and when the darkness envelopes all, our true inner self is revealed and the rays of hope are shown to all. That is our true self and inner soul, when one's life is on the line, risking it all. When one passes away our soul as a beam of light flies off into the heavens to our gods and creators to reach our place of final rest.

Laika's Entry in the dark

I built this project in several ways. The outside of the project is a bucket coated in black paint with hundreds of holes drilled into it and covered with symbols of gods cut out by Aaron Metzger on his Cricut. I added several coats of glow in the dark paint for an added luminous effect. Inside of the project was a red candle holder gifted to me several months back from Janna Oakfellow-Pushee. I affixed glow wire along the candle holder and designed a 3d printed base to hide the inverter. Devon Power helped sand and paint the base of the project. For a final touch, I added an LED taper candle inside to add a flicker effect that is visible even while inside the bucket.

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Part 1 of Shalindra aka Maryanne English-Betie's Entry

 

This is a two-part piece, meaning both works are part of the same series. In my homelands, we have quite a few shamans. Our rituals tend to involve lots of drumming, fire, and dancing…and we’re not particularly fond of outsiders bearing witness. But this is a common enough one that it’s safe to share.

In the main piece, we have a shaman practicing a ritual. There’s a hidden element to her movement, forming a bow out of her upper arm over her head, down through the line of her body, into her right leg. The bow is one of the sacred weapons of our goddess, the Huntress. The second piece depicts what looks like a statue of a wolf. In reality, it’s an elemental spirit…one of earth…that’s made its presence known.  

Part 2 of Shalindra aka Maryanne English-Betie's Entry

The four elements are combined in this piece…from the incense and wind for air, to the trees and earth elemental for earth (obviously!), to the fire and lightning bugs for fire. The element of water is represented by the shaman herself, for do we not have water in our blood and in our tears? The same salt in our blood matches that of the oceans, just as our tears do.

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Created on watercolor paper using watercolor paint, watercolor pencil, Micron Fineliners, and Dr PH Martin’s Bleed Proof White. Both pieces are double matted (cut myself) and framed. The shaman measure 11”x14” and the statue/elemental is 8”x10”.