Artist's That Inspired Me

Absolute Darkness By Santiago Borja Lopez The Storm Pilot

This was a limited edition print this image was shot from the cockpit of a Boeing 767-300 in the middle of the Atlantic at 34,000 feet. In the view is the milky way and the brightest spot on the right is Jupiter. It was taken April 4, 2019. I remember when I first discovered this pilot and photographer I had thought that I found my hero! This was everything that I had wanted to do! Soon after I learned about him he published a book and was featured in the media and picked up by National Geographic as The Storm Pilot. When I moved back to Suffern in 2019 I had wanted to use teal as the color for healing for my home.

Scared Rose by Dora Rodrigues

I had met Dora sometime in 2018 and she did a Birthday portal portrait for me. She holds a safe space for woman with a private group of woman who are all like minded. She does incredible healing work for the empowerment of woman. She has done more work for me but this one is my favorite as it really represented myself I felt I was in paradise. An eternal paradise that everything was good to work out for the greatest good when I moved back to Suffern in 2019. Her canvas paintings hold the power and energies of moments to cherish or to let go. I really look up to this artist and I hope to follow in her footsteps.

Starlit Ostara by Cheyenne Zarate

This was part of a calendar series for the month of March which ended up being my birth month so it was perfect for me. The Monarch Butterfly holds a sacred space for my heart. This piece really was amazing for me with the animals, three candles burning, the magic of life, the moon and the stars, the tulips blooming, and the weeping willow tree. The woman holding the sparrow with flowers in her hair and the Monarch butterfly nearby. Anyone who experienced a difficult time deserves a new life and a new beginning. This artist prays that this piece gives new hope to life, transformation, and inspiration. She portrayed the Celtic Goddess Branwen, as well as the plants, elements, and animals that surround her to inspire hope. This artist I hope to follow in her footsteps as she was picked up by a publisher recently. I am happy for her success I watched her grow through her difficult times in life. For years I inspired to publish my sky cards and not sure how to do this without help. She really inspires me to not give up on my dreams. I have too many dreams though.

Shifting Light By Paul Zizka Photography printed on metallic paper

When I saw this I knew that I had to purchase this as I felt that was me at a point in time of my life. I never have been to the Gobi desert in Southern Mongolia. But, in time of my life I have felt very alone when I really needed people there for me. There was nobody but me, myself, and I. It's how I felt and I have writings letters that a relative wrote to me after my house foreclosed. She told me that I was a deranged and delirious horse lost in the desert and that I chose that path. She told me that I could have chosen the path with the yellow flowers and butterflies in the meadows and brooks of streaming waters, etc... It was something along those lines and instead I chose the other path. The next day I went to my son's guitar concert and he actually played a song by the Eagles called A Horse With No Name. That song literally saved my life and if you ever listen to the lyrics you would understand. My response back was that I was a pegasus horse flying high above in the constellations and how I look down and say Neigh Neigh Neigh and more philosophy to combat the toxicity of what was written to me. Everyone is going to have their view points but to kick a woman down when she did the right thing for herself and kids is not very nice. I plan to print these conversations in my book. The response back was you think you are better than everyone else and looked down on us all. To be quite honest it's hard to look up to family that abandons in a time of need.

Tonga Waters by Aaron Chang

This was my graduation gift for myself in 2021. My last year of college was absolute hell on Earth. It was so horrible that I attended gradation virtually a lot of the toxic behaviors occurred in 2019 with many police reports. A few things that I learned is that repeated behaviors is a pattern and to document everything no matter what. Harassment is a crime that can lead to Order of Protections. On college campuses Professors think they can say and do anything to a student. Always tell somebody what is going on when a line is crossed that isn't professional. You might get bullied out of a program or targeted but it keeps our college campuses safer places. It sometimes felt that the very environment I chose to go to college didn’t want to see me go higher. It takes an incredibly strong and mature student to rise above it all. People see beautiful things to destroy and like the Tonga Waters it's important to stay strong. It's hard to believe about the volcano eruption in this region recently. When I was being placed into hell during my last class undergraduate class that I will ever take in my life a Hawaiian volcano made national news. I still don't know why I was denied my right to presentation with my entire class? Volcanoes have power and it's interesting two major events happened during major life events for myself. Water has the strongest covalent bond on Earth. I made my first ever intuitive digital painting after this trauma and will post in below. Aaron Chang is an amazing established photographer who has two art galleries that I hope to have at least one art gallery one day. I once did a presentation about him before I transferred after gaining my Associate’s Degree in Photography. College saved my life but it also felt like it destroyed my life after that last day December 18, 2020. My pet cat Mila died 10 days later. We celebrated Christmas with presents after as we wanted to spend all our time with her the presents and gifts could wait.

Lora Zombie Water Dragon + Book Versicolor Reflection

I received this as a Christmas Gift but I half paid for it which I didn't mind at all as I received a discount. When I saw this special edition water dragon print I was immediately drawn to it. I can even write why was it the blues, the water dragon inspire after rivers, or the tiny butterfly, maybe the crown? Maybe it's just everything but I also have a found place in my heart for sailing and sailboats and I have no ideal why? I love how the rouge wave is coming towards the ship as the form of a water dragon but the sailboat sails on. This artist greatly inspires me to keep going and working on my dreams. I love that she was picked up by an art gallery. I love how she got the editors and design to make her hardcover book. It's absolutely gorgeous book which is worth more than $75.00. It comes with a hardcover protector case which is such high quality. The hardcover book has a dust cover of an amazing print that I absolutely love. But, underneath it on the actual hardcover is an embossed engraved symbol that should be another print within itself. I knew that I had to buy the version that I did with the two bonus prints. I really love the design of everything with the creation of this multiple artwork piece with the book. There was even more limited editions but I couldn't afford with more prints and photos.

In My Melody By Yuumei

Path Less Traveled By Yuumei

Capture The Sky by Yuumei

Capture The Sky by Yuumie was the first artwork that I ever saw by this artist in 2018. I ordered these three prints for myself and two as gifts. I was really happy that I was able to purchase a book a hardcover book of this artists work. I love how it feels when I hold it in my hands to look at the most cherished work by this artist. She is the American Dream and her work really speaks to me. Capture The Sky inspired me to keep working on my dreams in 2018. I would often be alone shooting the night sky wondering and dreaming about trips and better night sky photography equipment. How one day I hope to capture the Milky Way Galaxy and Northern Lights in remote far away places. The night sky is the most beautiful thing on this Earth to look at. The prints I ordered as gifts were Inner Sanctuary and When The Petals Fall. These were very beautifully created one was of a grand piano and the other with a flute and cherry blossoms. This work is so vivid and lucid dream like state that takes your imagination to amazing dream like places. The Path Less Traveled Piece inspires me to go for my painting dreams and goals that a full time job and I really need a studio space to work in. In My Melody reminds me of myself when I was just a girl as I use to play the violin for 8 years as a child into High School. There is an amazing violin duo team that made a video Down Under Dumbo which is pure genius. Sometimes I think about buying an electric violin but all my books and music was thrown away:/

Cooper Hills by Melissa Critchlow another tryptic version is now available

I followed this art gallery called Art Bloom. They support artist who paint nature and they professionally scan each painting. They then print them on canvas. I was happy to acquire this work these two pieces as I live near the mountains so it extends my view inside the home. These paintings when I saw them I knew they were going to be mine. Without knowing anything about this work. I never go looking for anything ever and artwork finds me or aligns with my connections. Cooper Hills was inspired by the wide range of colors along the Rocky Mountains, from the deep blues of the north to the dry coppers of the south. This series blends palettes across the regions.

Galactic Horse by Katalin Marianna

I found this at the Lyndhurst Spring Crafts in 2022. It was the first public art event I had been too in awhile. There was many amazing artisans there and I even made a silk scarf. There was something about the center star symbol between the eyes of this horse. I always felt a star seed, indigo child/ indigo adult, intuitive connection with God and the Universe. I now am studying human design types and think out of the five that I am a reflector. Reflectors are said to be the unicorn in human design. Some people may not like new age thinking or beliefs. But, God created everything on Earth and even the devil needs permission to act before taking action. If you study ancient history God created so much in which was forgotten but once you take college level Art History, Painting, Sculpting, and more about art work that was preserved and studied the more you know. God created the moon, the stars, the earth, etc... With this particular painting I love how the galactic horse blends in with the birch trees and how you can see pieces of the galaxy in the breaks of the trees, There is something about the orange yellow vertical lines that frames this piece. I once was in a museum that had the original Ansel Adams 1.3 million dollar birth trees black and white photo.

Feelings By Hemali Lala

I saw these paintings and I ended up choosing this one titled Feelings. It made me feel protected and for me I see angel wings. The colors bring emotions for me that invoke love, joy, happiness and it's powerful. This piece is very healing for me which I just acquired it recently. Edit 11/4/22 I had to add more to this description that I posted online for a review. I saw Hemali Lala Fine Art Studios artwork paintings and I ended up choosing this one titled Feelings. It made me feel protected and for me I see angel wings. The colors bring emotions for me that invoke love, joy, happiness and it's powerful. This piece is very healing for me which I just acquired it recently. I chose the small size but it’s anything but small. I don’t she much wall space left. It’s the perfect edition and I hung it up today. I am very happy with the quality of the fine art paper. Hemali Lala was there very step of the way with the shipping and delivery. Her work is very soothing and it’s not to be duplicated the work has energy in which the artist exudes within the creative process. Any artwork of hers will be a cherished gift forever. One day I hope to own a canvas piece of Hemali Lala.

Behind Bars by Lisa D'Amico

I bought this yesterday really my today as I am up late writing this blog page. I wrote a bunch of stuff earlier in the day which I will copy and paste here. One thing I will say is that I believe it was my Mom that bought me my first camera but it could have been my Dad? I can't remember but I was pretty sure it was my Mom.

My Mom bought me my first camera when I was 6 years old. We took a trip to the Syracuse Zoo. I took many photos but my favorite one was of the zebras together. I always had a connection to zebras especially later in life when I wanted to divorce my husband in 2008 and move forward in life. I wasn’t given that freedom and was forced married for almost ten years. I lost my entire 30’s going to back to college numerous times and being forced married. Although I did have lovers I could never be seriously involved with anyone like I desired. I didn’t want to meet the man of my dreams and say “ Hi, It’s nice to meet you but I am married!” I would never date a married man and couldn’t expect anybody to accept the same or my situation. It was very sad for me for some many many years. Often I could relate to the zebra stuck without freedom forced married. Most people stuck in bad marriages or unhappy marriage never leave. Whether they aren’t brave and just a coward they choice their fate. But, not me I wanted freedom and lost count of the days the years as months dragged on. I remember breaking down crying at a red light in 2015 or 2016 and I counted the number of days that I had been alone. What did I do to deserve this? Nothing I was caught in a catch 22 and the court systems live off people’s lives. I fell through the cracks of every system that was designed to protect human rights victims. The truth is woman justices are actively trained to go against the pro se and other woman. The county denied my son’s the rights to have a big brother role model. Claiming it was too dangerous for the volunteers to establish a relationship with my son’s. But, yet it was okay to be forced married to my ex-husband? At this time October 12, 2022 I have been exposed to so many federal criminals. But, the one that I can’t forgot about was my friend Saaed. Unlike the rest of the criminals that’s I crossed paths with he was arrested and indicted. But, there’s no evidence of sentencing or federal prison placement. So, I don’t know if he’s behind bars or if he was given the death penalty down in South Carolina the laws were changed. So, when I saw this small painting of a zebra behind a dark starry night sky with the moon I knew. I knew that I had to buy it to add to my art collection. I am a part of this art exhibition as are 111 other people and that zebra really stood out for me. I didn’t know who created it or the price but I made a bid and bought it. It symbolized myself all those years and now my old friend who I don’t know if he’s dead or alive. I stopped speaking to him at the end of 2017. He had many issues and was very immature for his age. Yet, I can look back and remember the times he made me laugh, smile, and helped me forgot about my situation for a brief moment in time. Out of all the people that I met in this area he was one of the better one’s but lived double lives. One as a affluent business man upstanding in the community and the other as a federal criminal.

Edit 11/4/22 I wrote this yesterday. It’s honestly hard to see this update. I knew Saaed and I thought they both were going to get life.I prayed that he would get 3 years before going away.I had heard he might be expecting a child with his beautiful girlfriend?Who knows if it was true but a baby needs that Father and Mother figure the first 3 years of life.Any person who takes that away from a baby is more than a home wrecker they are destroying futures.So if it was true it’s not my personal business but I prayed for him to have that extra time.Sometimes prayers do come true?I know that he regretted what he did and would have done anything to take back his mistakes.

Here is the first photograph it's blurry here but inside a journal somewhere. These other layers aren't a part of the original. I have a few other very good photos of zebras at zoos. With this blog page the photos were not meant to be picture perfect at all and most were badly taken photographs. Every artist is a human being a person behind a story or event of some kind. I like that I was able to discover each and every artist featured here and I hope to be as successful as them one day soon. I never planned on becoming an artist of any kind and as a creative there is endless ideas and possibilities. I bought many of the artwork above without knowing a thing about the artist at all. There is another artist SN Fine Art which I don't have the space for his work. But, I hope to add maybe the Golden Ace to my collection one day. I like learning about the artist's that have inspired me and their stories and I hope you do too. Sometimes I wish life were just simple and that I had nothing to say.

I am adding two more artist who's 5x7 artwork prints I recently bought to hang together. The polar bear was by my mentor Jess Hughes and I think it was a study in white painting? I always loved polar bears and they usually have 2 cubs and I hope we are able to save the polar bears on Earth. Then second painting was titled Hand Of God by Dawn Bova. She's amazing and one of the first artist's that I connected with in the media visibility art group. I am grateful to know this artist! I feel these artwork go so good together and I am happy to have invested in these tiny smaller pieces for myself.