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New art of Mama Killa, the Inca Moon Goddess; She’s also a Goddess of women and the calendar. Digital art, done in a limited palette, as the December Goddess by Request over on my Patreon.

Prints available through deviantArt.

New art of Boann, the Goddess of the River Boyne in Ireland, Who is considered one of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Her name means ‘She who Has White Cows’, and I’ve given Her cow’s eyes as is appropriate. It’s in watercolor, and the first piece I’ve done just in that medium in some time. I’ve put Her up on both prints (through deviantArt) and greeting cards (through Zazzle) if anyone’s interested.

This was done as the Goddess by Request for May over on my Patreon, where I posted pictures from sketch to finish and all stages in between.

I’m at 17 patrons now, and have decided to give away a print of my work when (if) I get to 20. That’s just three more! All patrons will be eligible.

New art of Nana Buluku, the West African Goddess Who created the cosmos, including the Moon and the Sun. Done as the April Goddess by Request over on my Patreon. Digital art, to look like a linoleum block print.

She holds a carved calabash (gourd), which symbolizes the two parts of the universe–this earthly world and the Otherworld of the dead and the Gods. Her daughter Mawu (the Moon) and Her son Lisa (the Sun) are in the corners; She is dressed all in shades of purple, as that is Her color. She is also associated with water; the fish on Her skirt are after ones on a carved door. Behind Her is a spiral representing both the cosmos (like a spiral galaxy) and the whirlpool that in some stories is the entrance to Her home. The designs of the spiral are after designs on adire cloth, which Yoruba women make using an indigo-resist technique. I put a circle in a square with some hints of equilateral triangles to imply a kind of cosmic geometry.

ETA: Oh, I should probably mention that I’ve got Her up on both greeting cards (through Zazzle) and prints (through deviantArt) if anyone’s interested.

Sinann, the Goddess of the Shannon River of Ireland, done for a recent commission. Pen and ink with watercolor.

New art of Kostroma, one of the Russian earth Goddesses, done as the Goddess by Request for March over on my Patreon. She can be both a young maiden and an old witch; She’s said to fall asleep beneath a birch tree over the winter to be awakened in the spring. I’ve put Her in front of birches as She wakes up with the awakening of the Earth, with winter to the left and spring to the right; the Sun of the spring equinox shines over head. The style is after traditional Russian embroideries.

I’ve also put this art up on cards through zazzle and prints through deviantArt if you’ve a hankering.

New art of Anuket, the ancient Egyptian Goddess of the Nile River in the area of the First Cataract, where the Nile flows over a rocky stretch that makes navigation difficult. The First Cataract traditionally marked the border with Nubia, so I’ve given Her Nubian features.

Her name means ‘the Clasper’, referring to the high narrow banks that constrain the Nile there. She represents the bounty and fertility of the Nile and its Inundation.

The original is digital, to look like an old lithographed poster in the Art Deco style, since that style was heavily influenced by ancient Egyptian art. It sort of goes with that Bat (the pre-dynastic Cow Goddess) I did a while back.

I’ve put Her up on both cards through Zazzle and prints through deviantArt, if anyone’s interested.

MyPatreon is a year old! Look at all the Goddesses I’ve painted in the past year. To my patrons: thank you so much; your encouragement and support really mean a lot to me!

New art of Medb, the Irish Goddess of sovereignty, vitality, fertility, wealth, and sexuality. She represents the power of the land; without Her approval Kings may not rule. She is the antecedant of Queen Medb of Connacht, famous from the Tain Bo CuailngeorCattle Raid of Cooley. The mound of Rathcroghan is behind Her; it is associated with Queen Medb as Her royal seat.

Acrylic on paper, done as a Goddess by Request over on my Patreon.

New art of Bat, a very ancient Egyptian Goddess of cows and the starry sky. That’s probably Her on the Narmer Palette, and that may also be Her on the Gerzeh Palette, which shows a stylized cow’s head with stars at the tips of the ears and horns, with another on the forehead. The ancient Egyptians linked cows with the night sky, perhaps either because the spotted coats reminded them of the stars (leopards were associated with the starry sky as well in Egyptian thought), or because cows have a star-like whorl of hair on their foreheads.

She was the Goddess of the sixth nome (administrative district) of Upper Egypt; in time Her worship was absorbed into Hathor’s (Who was the Goddess of the neighboring seventh nome). She looks to have been patterned after a different type of cow, though, as Bat’s horns curve inward, unlike Hathor’s.

Her name comes from one of the types of soul in Egyptian thought, the ba, with the feminine ending -t.

Digital art, made to look like an old Art Deco lithographed poster; as that art movement was heavily influenced by ancient Egyptian art in the first place (Tutankhamun’s tomb causing quite a sensation when it was discovered in 1922) it seemed appropriate. The color scheme is a version of the familiar one of ancient Egyptian jewelry: dark blue (lapis lazuli), red (carnelian) and gold. I looked at both the Narmer Palette and Hathor columns for the shape of the face.

I’ve put it up on both prints (through deviantArt) and cards (through Zazzle).

New art of Ārohirohi, the Maori Goddess of mirages, done as the November Goddess by Request over on my Patreon. She’s in colored India inks like the little Greek Goddess paintings.

Ārohirohi is also a creator Goddess Who made the first woman, Mārikoriko (Whose name means ‘Twilight’). Her husband is the Sun God.

I have put Her in traditional Maori clothing and jewelry; She has an authentic tattoo on Her chin, and Her hair is in waves like the atmospheric distortions caused by heat. Behind Her is the Fata Morgana, a mirage or illusion that makes objects below the horizon such as ships or coastlines appear to be above it.

This one is another of my series of l'il Greek Goddesses in ink (seriously the original is like an inch and a half wide), this time of Iris, the Greek Goddess of the rainbow. I’ve given Her hair like stormclouds, raindrop earrings, and the rainbow for a headband.

I plan to do one for each letter of the Greek alphabet (twenty-four) and then gather them all up in a print. Or maybe they’d work well individually as cards?

I have a Patreon! There are several different levels of rewards starting at just $1 a month; get access to works in progress, read about my process of making Goddess art and more, depending on the level. For example for just $3 a month you can tell me Who to paint!

I’m also still taking commissions for Goddess art.

And new art of Achvizr, an Etruscan Goddess or spirit Who may be the personification of health or vigor. The first part of Her name may be related to an Etruscan word for ‘doctor’, so I put Her in colors that we associate with the medical profession in modern times.

The original is in colored india inks and used white gouache as a resist (meaning I painted it where the outlines weren’t) which was then all washed off, leaving the inks and the outlines which are consequently the negative space, like in a wood cut. It gives a certain quality to the lines that I just love, personally. Though the technique definitely had a very steep learning curve!

I’ve got prints of this one, too, if anyone’s interested, here.

New art of Nantosuelta, a continental Celtic Goddess associated with ravens and the home. Her name may mean either ‘Wandering Stream’ or 'Sunlit Valley’ so I incorporated the two in the painting. Her cult-partner is Sucellos, the Celtic hammer-God, Who is associated with the wine harvest. It’s in acrylic and is about ten inches tall, and done as the Goddess by Request for October over on my Patreon.

I’ve also put Her up as a print over on my deviantArt gallery if anyone is interested, here.

Okay, here are some little paintings I’ve done recently, all dumped into one post, ha. They’re all Greek Goddesses; the originals are in ink, using the a brush for the linework, and are quite small, like only an inch and a half wide. Top to bottom they are Selene, the Moon Goddess; Amphitrite, the Goddess of the Sea; Gorgyra, an Underworld nymph; Psykhe, the Goddess of the soul; Elpis, Goddess of hope; Lethe, Goddess of Oblivion; Khione, the Goddess of snow; and Metis, the Goddess of wisdom and cunning, mother of Athena.

And some more of my art: these are in reality quite tiny, just an inch and a half square, in ink and watercolor. They’re supposed to look sort of like Art Deco woodcuts in style, though I don’t know how successful I was with that. They are, top to bottom, the Roman Goddesses Ceres, Venus, and Juno.

Art of Hekate of the Crossroads, done as another Goddess by Request through my Patreon. This one was done in black colored pencils then tinted with acrylic inks.

New art of Ceres, the Roman Goddess of grain, done as the Goddess by Request for August over on my Patreon. The original is in colored pencil. She has wheat, spelt, barley, poppy pods and rapeseed pods (from which canola oil is made) as a crown.

Mokosh, the Russian earth Goddess, done as the Goddess by Request for July over on my Patreon.

She is known from the old Kievan pantheon; She is likely a form of the ancient Mati Syra Zemlya or ‘Moist Mother Earth’, and like Her associated with water, Her name coming from a root meaning 'moisture’ or 'wetness’. She is also a Goddess of weaving and spinning. There is a traditional Russian embroidery pattern showing a stylized woman standing between two horsemen that is thought to be Her; on such She is often shown with arms upraised holding a pair of birds.