by Dawn Patel | Apr 26, 2020 | visionary painting
We Are Kin came first in a vision of a hybrid figure. With the head of a coyote , a woman’s body and an owl rising from its head, this being cradles a newborn baby in its lap. I asked her, “Who are you?” and she answered, “I am your kin.” The veils are almost...
by Dawn Patel | Feb 8, 2017 | allegorical painting, ancestors, art, art and nature, art process, Brilliant Stranger, female power, feminine energy, visionary art, visionary painting, women
I sometimes hear voices. I kept pretty quiet about that my entire life, because, well, I was afraid of being judged by minds that do not understand such things. This has been a month of letting go of fears… so that one’s gone too.In the early...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 25, 2016 | art and nature, Brilliant Stranger, conquering fear, dark times, darkness, dawn patel art, dreams, kali time, nature, relationship with nature, storytelling, visionary art, visionary painting, visions
In the earliest hours of morning our thoughts connect two worlds. Dreams open doors into a fluid world. In daylight the thick shell of the world hides from us from the truth we seek. We forget the stars are still there. This is my story of remembering. It is one of...
by Dawn Patel | Nov 2, 2016 | allegorical painting, art process, art world, artists, clean water, creative process, energy, meaning in art, oil addiction, painting process, styles of art, visionary painting, visions, water rights
Visionary Painting is a very broad term that many people claim. In my opinion they are all valid but they are all not the same.I am not borrowing other’s philosophies that speak to me and making illustrative collages with known images in order to...
