This little one came to me in a dream... Neptune. 5" x 5"

Neptune. Watercolor and Ink. © Liz Darling 2016.

Some big, salty moons... and a new display at ArtForms Gallery.

The Wind. Coffee and Charcoal on Paper. © Liz Darling 2016.

Bedtime. Coffee and Charcoal on Paper. © Liz Darling 2016.

So here's something different... painting with instant coffee! I'm having a lot of fun experimenting with this as a medium.

Luna. Watercolor, India Ink, and Graphite on Arches Paper. © Liz Darling 2016.

Thrilled to have my work included in We'Moon 2017!

My work appears in She Rises: How Goddess Feminism, Activism, and Spirituality? Vol 2. You can order the book (in color, b&w, and PDF) directly from the publisher, or pre-view it on Amazon.

Also, my painting "and you will be like God" will be on the cover of Single Mothers Speak on Patriarchy - A Girl God Anthology by Trista Hendren and Pat Daly. Coming late 2016!

   

My work at ArtForms Gallery.

Moon / Time. Alcohol Ink on Polypropylene Paper. © Liz Darling 2016.

Underworld. Watercolor on Watercolor Ground on Wood Panel. © Liz Darling 2016.

I've been playing with alcohol inks all weekend, and I use that word deliberately; it really feels like playing. They're such a nice departure from my usual controlled method. Sometimes I just need to create things and enjoy the process. Here are a few more...

Loose I and II. Alcohol Ink on Polypropylene Paper. © Liz Darling 2016.

"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