Drawing Down the Moon

11"x17"

Acrylic wash and Berol Prismacolor Pencils on Illustration board

 "The moon has great energies, love, intuition, spirituality, healing and is related to the Goddess or feminine aspects of Deity. The Moon pulls the tides and also our emotions with it's cycles. The full moon is a time when it's energy and magnetic pull is at it's pinnacle.

 It is this time when the energy of the moon may be called upon to grant our dearest desires. She stands before the open sky, her blade held aloft as if an etheric lightning rod, and she draws the energy of the Goddess within her, that she might discover some ancient secret wisdom, lost long ago. The waves break on the rocks below and a gentle breeze dances through her hair as she becomes one with the Moon Goddess, in a communion of spirit. The candles flicker only slightly and the sounds of nature are heard all around as she joins the glowing orb that illuminates the night. 

My beautiful friend Dawn posed for this piece, as well as the Lunar Eclipse. Many reference photos for the setting were taken at Lake of the Ozarks in Southern Missouri during a perfect week spent relaxing and enjoying nature from wave-runners with my husband. I think the peace I felt on that trip transfered over into this work. "