Some little 4" x 6" datura paintings made with the world’s tiniest, most adorable watercolor palette from Adventure Art in Eureka Springs

 

Palmistry. Watercolor and India Ink. © Liz Darling 2017

Gateways in We'Moon 2018

I feel extremely honored to have my work included in this forthcoming book by Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang and Dr. Mary Ann Beavis. Check out Dr. Hwang's website, www.magobooks.com.

Artemis. Watercolor and India Ink. © Liz Darling 2017

It's always interesting to me how an idea adapts to whatever medium is used. Even when I think I have a fairly clear idea of what I'm going for, paintings somehow end up with their own identities.

The Dream. Watercolor on Arches Paper. © Liz Darling 2017.

Rebirth. Watercolor and India Ink on Arches Paper. © Liz Darling 2017.

The Healer. Watercolor, India Ink, Gouache, and Gold Leaf on Arches Paper. © Liz Darling 2016.

Phases (Set of 9 Moons). India Ink on Arches Paper. © Liz Darling 2016.

ArtForms Gallery

"On women's part, after submitting to patriarchal churches for centuries, they have become disgusted with religion and have forgotten to consider their own divine origins. The patriarchy has separated the human from the divine but it has also deprived women of their goddess or their divinity. In the history of women religion is mixed up with the culture of the earth, the body, life, peace. Religion is the opiate of the people only because it is imposed upon us as the religion of the race of men." -Luce Irigaray

 

Meditative Mother. Watercolor and India Ink. © Liz Darling 2016.

“Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers."

"Even people who no longer "believe in God" or participate in the institutional structure of patriarchal religion still may not be free of the power of the symbolism of God the Father. A symbol's effect does not depend on rational assent, for a symbol also functions on levels of the psyche other than the rational. Symbol systems cannot simply be rejected; they must be replaced. Where there is no replacement, the mind will revert to familiar structures at times of crisis, bafflement, or defeat.”
― Carol P. Christ

Gateways. India Ink, Graphite, Colored Pencil. © Liz Darling 2016.

"Some beliefs are like blinders, shutting off power to choose one's own direction. Other beliefs are like gateways opening wide vistas for exploration."

Sophia Fahs

Life After Death. Watercolor and graphite pencil. © Liz Darling  2013.

More mushrooms.

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Nothing endures but change.

- Heraclitus

This body of work deals with the transitory nature of existence. I draw inspiration from the complexity of nature, especially subject matter that embodies the duality of growth and decay, such as mushrooms and lunar phases. The cyclical nature of the moon alludes to the repeating cycles of time and the degradation and regeneration of all living things. The repeating patterns perceivable in the natural world signal the certainty of change.

Arise. Watercolor on Arches paper. © Liz Darling  2013.

Amanita Muscaria. Colored Pencil. © Liz Darling  2013.

Psilocybe Semilanceata. Colored Pencil. © Liz Darling  2013.

© Liz Darling 2010.

© Liz Darling 2010.

A couple of paintings I put in Pittsburg’s Spring Artwalk.
Decent turnout, despite the sprinkling.

Capital E. Marker on Bristol. © Liz Darling 2010.

Illuminated manuscript letter inspired by psychedelic fonts and psychedelic plants/fungi.