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This is the first piece I have completed, start to finish, in my new house/studio.  After months and months of struggles on all fronts: emotional, relational, mental, spiritual, physical, I finally feel that I have arrived in a good place, a place that feels like home.

As I do with most of my paintings, I began this one with no clear idea of what it would "become". I just explore colors, lines, shapes, layer upon layer, sometimes covering the canvas with gesso, obliterating whats underneath, sometimes wiping off the gesso so the underlying layer emerges, like a landscape is revealed as the fog lifts. Somewhere in all this process, an image emerges from the layers of subconscious thought. Having just spent months deeply immersed in redefining many aspects of self,  Medicine Horse was born, with his spiritual companion, Crow.

Crow is the guardian of ceremonial magic and healing. In any healing circle, Crow is there. Crow guides the magic of healing and the change in consciousness that will bring about a new reality and dispel "dis-ease" or illness. You can rest assured that when crows are around, magic is nearby and you are about to experience a change in consciousness. Crow can give you the courage to enter into the darkness of the void, which is the home of all that is not yet in form.

Horse symbolizes the wind, loyalty, devotion, unconditional love, friendship and companionship.  His medicine includes power, stamina, endurance, loyalty, freedom of mobility, control of the environment, awareness of power achieved with true compliance, inter-species communication, expanding one’s own latent abilities, friendship and cooperation, astral travel, guardian of travelers, warns of possible danger, guide to overcoming obstacles. He is also your warrior spirit, giving safety in your physical and metaphysical journeys.

"Medicine Horse" is available  unframed on 1.5" gallery wrapped canvas with painted edges, ready to hang.