Kids Hoodies
Description: A fashion illustration inspired by the majestic Snowy Owl. The sun and moon motif is inspired by the owl’s diurnal nature. Snowy Owls symbolize purity, majesty & sovereignty, illumination & clarity, protection, change & transformation, inner wisdom and patience. They have a special connection to the power of the moon & stars, and are also believed to be messengers of spiritual guidance and enlightenment.
Description: Lí Ban was a 6th century Irish princess. She & her dog were the sole survivors of a great flood, which created Lough Neagh. After a year living in a cave under the lake, she prayed and was turned into a mermaid with a salmon tail, her dog was transformed into an otter. They made it to the sea, and swam for 300 years until she was caught in a net by a monk, Beoan. She told him her story and agreed to meet him in a year. When they met, she was given a choice of being baptized and immediately going to heaven, or swimming for 300 years more in the sea. She chose the former, was baptized “Muirgen”, and died. She was canonized in the Irish Church as St. Muirgen, her feast day is January 27. Some pagans revere her as a sea goddess.
Description: Amanda is a fashion illustration inspired by the amanita muscaria (fly agaric) mushroom. It features a bubble skirt, white leather bustier and boots, white fishnet stockings, opera length gloves, a cute fascinator hat with veil, a sparkly snail purse and, of course my signature dachshund.
Description: Sumptuous Sunflowers is a fashion illustration inspired by my love of sunflowers. Included are some creatures who also love sunflowers, including bees, monarch and tiger swallowtail butterflies, ladybugs, giant leopard moth caterpillars and a crow, as well as my signature dachshund.
Description: Ragana is a Baltic goddess of magic, witchcraft, women, menopause, abundance and death. She is a powerful prophetess and master healer who can cure any ailment. She controls fertility, the weather, and the cycles of nature- birth, death and regeneration. Her time of power is from Summer Solstice to Winter Solstice. She is pictured here with several things she’s associated with including the horned/crescent moon, fly agaric mushrooms (poisonous and healing plants are sacred to her), birch trees, owls (Eurasian Eagle Owl & Tengmalm’s Owl), northern pike, and the colors red, white and black. The border is the Krupītis (toad) & Mēness (moon) symbols.
Description: In Yakut folklore Chyskhaan, the Lord of the Cold, is the personification of winter. Each year, in later September/early October, he comes down from the Arctic Ocean to the region of Yakutia ( aka Sakha Republic), bringing the cold with him step by step. He wears a headpiece with two horns, one from a bull and one from a wooly mammoth. The first horn falls off in the end of January, the second in February. He is slowly melting, but before he melts completely, he flows back to the Arctic on the Lena River. He repeats this cycle every year, and is accompanied by Kharchaana, the Snow Maiden. The border was inspired by a traditional Yakut design symbolizing the sky and the stars, but I replaced the stars with snowflakes.
Description: Kharchaana is the Snow Maiden from the Yakut people of the Sakha Republic in Siberia. She accompanies Chyskhaan, Lord of the Cold, who brings winter to the region. The border was inspired by a traditional Yakut design symbolizing the sky and the stars, but I replaced the stars with snowflakes.
Description: Mishipeshu is the water panther of Native American mythology & Michigan legend. He lives in an island in Lake Superior, where he protects the sacred copper. He causes storms, whirlpools, rapids and waves on the lake. He is said to look like a huge wildcat with copper scales, deer antlers, and spikes along his back. Although a dangerous creature, he is also capable of bringing protection and healing, depending on his mood and how you treat him.
Description: My interpretation of The Star, the 17th Major Arcana Card in the Tarot. It represents hope, inspiration, insight, courage, spiritual enlightenment, and deep healing, particularly following a period of difficulty. Some symbols I have incorporated include bleeding heart (finding beauty in pain, inspiration, healing), primrose (healing grief and heartache, hope amidst despair), firefly (inspiration, light in the darkness, joy, hope), moth (transformation), birch tree (rebirth, new beginnings, growth).
Description: The Mistress Of Copper Mountain is a popular Russian fairytale figure who controls the rich mineral deposits of the Ural Mountains. She wears a malachite dress and has lizard servants (sometimes appears as a lizard herself!). She has rooms of different stones - here she is pictured with her garden of copper flowers, bees of gold, and walls of lapis lazuli.
Description: Bastet is the Ancient Egyptian goddess of cats, women’s secrets, the home, domesticity, childbirth, fertility, perfumes & ointments, and music. She protected the home from evil spirits and disease, particularly diseases associated with women and children. She is a solar deity, and appears here with her related symbols: the Eye of Ra, the ankh, and the sistrum, as well as a cartouche bearing her name. The other motifs used in this illustration are inspired by those seen in Ancient Egyptian tomb and papyrus paintings.
Description: Maria in the Forest, also known as “Maria im Walde” or “Holy Mary of the Forest”, refers to a little known apparition of the Virgin Mary. On June 17, 18 & 19, 1849, she appeared as the Immaculate Conception to three young shepherdesses in a wooded area near Dolina, Grafenstein, Carinthia, Austria. This apparition in celebrated on June 17.
Description: Two whimsical forest spirits, surrounded by their friends - trees, mushrooms, moss, owl, squirrel and flowers. They are very happy, loving spirits, but they are very protective of their forest too. However, if you are kind and loving to the forest and the creatures who dwell there, the forest spirits will be loving and helpful to you too.
Description: Saint Melangell was an Irish princess who fled to Wales to live as a hermit and keep her vow of celibacy. She founded a community for women there, and was abbess for 37 years. She and her sisters offered physical and spiritual healing to the community, which is why I have bordered this illustration with medicinal herbs that were in use in Wales over 1,000 years ago: violets, agrimony, St. John’s Wort, calendula, and comfrey.She is patron saint of hares, rabbits, small animals and the natural environment. Her feast day is May 27 in England, January 31 in Wales, and May 17 for the Eastern Orthodox.
