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I am working on a painting of the Greek Goddess Artemis. I have moved her into the present day. Her companions join her: a horse, a bear cub, a doe and fawn.



This is the first in a series on Archetypes that I plan to paint. Archetypes are powerful inner forces that can be personified by Greek Goddesses. I just recently discovered these archetypes and am blown away by how much I recognize myself in them. At least in Artemis! I really resonate with Artemis and the self-knowledge I have gained has given me the confidence to take a stand on several things that were deeply important to me. I have long been a fan of the Meyers Briggs type indicator, because it validates who I am in a culture that generally doesn’t, but I resonate even more with seeing aspects of myself reflected to me in the stories of Greek Goddesses. They are a great tool for self-discovery. Perhaps part of the appeal is that the Goddesses are easy to put into images and that satisfies my artist soul.

If you want to find out what archetypes are most active in your life right now (they can vary at different times), go to the following link and take the questionnaire. I got a lot of insight from this website.

http://goddess-power.com/questions.htm

I tried a few new things in this painting.

1. Lighting plastic figures: I have been having trouble making up the light falling on my subjects, because usually I use several photos all with different light sources. My instructor suggested I get some plastic figures and light them. Finally I got the figures and waited until dark and set them up, lit them with my headlamp and photographed them from different angles. I wanted a moonlit scene and it worked very well.

2. Getting rid of the detail: I found a program online from AKVIS called ArtWork that simplifies photos. I hope it will keep me from getting caught up in the details.

3. Painting all the highlights: White and then painting a dark transparent color over the whole board.

We’ll see how it progresses!

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I am currently working on a painting of the Greek Goddess Artemis. I have moved her into present day. Her companions join her: a horse, a bear cub, a doe and fawn.



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