Day 3... My head, heart and soul says Please - STOP THE CULL.

Tonight's small writing and small paintings come from my love of all animals, and particularly my love of Badgers. I know so many of you out there feel the same -  I was on the march where the news said 'a couple of hundred people turned out', and there we were in a peaceful and passionate crowd which numbered over 7000 people. Some of whom had come from abroad just to have their voices heard.

It's been about a year now that I've actively been involved with campaigning against the cull. I can't believe that this inhumane slaughter is now taking place. There are so many reasons why this cruel and barbaric cull is wrong.
In this blog post I'm not going to discuss details about the cull, and how it affects the Badgers, the Cattle and Farmers too, so please follow the links at the bottom of this blog post if you would like some more information.

I made some ACEO's (Art Cards, Editions and Originals) of Badgers earlier this year, and I'm going to paint some more for an auction later this week.
Here are some of my Badger ACEO's... most of them have Badger loving homes now, but there will be more coming soon.
Save Me used the Scapegoat image on their facebook page.

'Friendship'

'Scapegoat'

'Smell the Flowers'

'Moon Badger'

'Look into my Eyes'

'Innocence'

If you haven't signed the Petition yet please sign here.

For more info please visit: 

The Badger Trust

League Against Cruel Sports
Save Me

Please do what you can to protect our wildlife, and to find a more humane and effective way of dealing with Bovine TB.

Thanks for reading.
XXX

Morgan Le Fae

I realised that I hadn't posted my painting of Morgan le Fae!

Beautiful Goddess and Dark Faery Queen... here she is in her fae glory. I hope you like her.

Prints are available from my Etsy Store :).

The Green Lady of Avalon - a better copy!

The Green Lady of Avalon - drawn from a vision I had whilst in Glastonbury. I feel she has many things to say, if we take a few moments to listen...

Running through the Wild-Woods

I knew I had to draw this image after a meditation/journey I went on before sleep the other night. Those yellow eyes and purple hair were burned into my memory, and here we are...
I'm also calling it 'Here come the Boys' as it is about time I started painting more chaps!

A Venture into the world of ACEO's...

I thought I'd give making some ACEO's a go! I only heard about them last month, but now I'm seeing them everywhere. It's quite a challenge to keep the drawings small, but lots of fun! Here are two new faerie friends for you! Evangeline Crow Heart and Snake Sidhe...

Dragon in progress...

Dragon sketch in progress... hopefully paint him tomorrow. :)
One of the old, wise ones...

Even Faeries get the blues...

It's true. Sometimes the bad news of the world gets to the brightest soul. You should see this fae on a good day... she is the lightning spark of the party.
But not today, sometimes what she sees around the human world weighs heavily on her heart.
But instead of hiding her heart away, she wears it on her sleeve; she'll cry, she'll sob, drink a cup of steaming tea and give you a hug. She'll notice a spark of kindness in your eyes, and she'll start to smile again. Just be gentle... and be kind.

Lunar Day 14... The Dancing Priestess...

‘We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars...the stars form a circle and in the centre we dance’ - Rumi, 13^th Century

As an avid belly dancer, and a priestess, the spiritual/physical link between dance and the divine is an important one to me. I wrote an article for the Magical Times Magazine last year called 'Belly Dance and The Goddess - Rediscovering Sacred Dance'... here is a link to the article on my website: http://www.lauradaligan-psychic.com/page11.htm
xx
L

Faery Cordelia...

Faery Cordelia... telling me how it is! Wait a minute... hasn't she stolen my pocket watch?
'No' she says 'I haven't stolen it, I'm borrowing it, and if you want it back you'll have to catch up with me!'
:)

Lunar Day 9 - Loose Muse

Hello all :) Well today I had the pleasure of being able to talk about my art and poetry at the Loose Muse event at the Poetry Cafe, with friend and poet Anna Mckerrow. Anna read from her wonderful, mesmerizing last book Taropoetics, and then I did a lil talk about my art, my journey and being an illustrator. I found that even though I can usually talk the hind legs off a donkey, I find it really hard to talk about my art and what it means to me as it is such a big, soulful part of me. It was a wonderful experience, and I think I have some ideas if I'm asked again to talk about what I do.
So getting back rather late, sans blog entry I sketched todays picture. I gave myself the theme of a loose muse, and waited to see how they would present themselves. This spring like image was not what I expected after what seems like months of winter, but maybe it's exactly what I need, a sense of burgeoning life and energy.
Just a little sketch... but again possibly something I could work more with.
XX

Earth-Star Dance

'Earth-Star Dance' was inspired by a wonderful meditation led by my friend Helena Lundvik this afternoon at the New Moon Club. Just a little colourful sketch, but one which hopefully captures something of the magical energy I experienced.

Lunar Day 4: The Visitation

A special moment. Crow saves girl.