Secret Moon Art

Before leaving town for a New Years weekend (and birthday) spree, I've managed to create and publish the first-ever Secret Moon Art Calendar 2011 ! Cosmic, Moon, Fairy, and Botanical illustrations are included for kids and adults of all ages, and you know that this Sun Capricorn loves the usefulness of using my artwork on a wall calendar. Above you see a snippet of the new calendar's cover image, a mossy Hidden Garden with a fairy visitor, and I hope you'll sashay over to Jude Cowell Art Shop at Zazzle where you may view each month of *Secret Moon Art Calendar 2011's images. Happy New Year, Everyone! See you again in 2011... ~:~ *Titles of each illustration are listed on back of the calendar so that images are without text and may be framed later on, as you wish. jc

Happy New Year to All! Well, today is December 28, 2010 and with 2011 soon upon us Secret Moon Art offers a thankful and bubbly toast to all its viewers, visitors, and discriminating art supporters - you're the best ! Waiting round the January 1, 2011 bend is a Solar Eclipse on January 4, 2011 @ 13Cap38 which 'eclipses' my natal Sun. As you know, eclipses are considered 'wild cards' in Astrology (well, in life actually!) so there's no certainty how having a Solar Eclipse for my birthday will play out for the erstwhile artist and blogger who types at you now. One thing I do know: 2011 will be an important year in some fashion for me personally and it remains to be seen just how. What to expect? Well, 'wild card' evokes similar vibes as those of quirky planet Uranus in a horoscope so 'expect the unexpected' may be my best personal prognostication for the moment! ~:~ Astro-Notes: Opposing our nation's natal Sun ( the leader ), the Solar Eclip...

For Holiday Season 2010 and the wintry weather so prevalent across the land, this never-before-published and somewhat brightly colored drawing from 2003 is titled Dog Clouds Gird the Moon . Wishing Merry Holidays to all Secret Moon Art viewers and supporters and their kith'n'kin! Jude Cowell ~:~ Concerned over Science's plan to clone a woolly mammoth back to life? Me too, over @ Woolly Mammoth Chronicles . Like 24/7 Art browsing? Please visit my Jude Cowell Art Shop @ Zazzle, and a Big Thank You goes to All who purchased my art-decorated merchandise in 2010! jc

Now this is an interesting Art development based on a recently discovered text which allegedly reveals hidden numbers and letters within the mysterious, enigmatic eyes of da Vinci's Mona Lisa ! The figures are microscopic, but found there may be the number 72 which in Astrology represents a quintile aspect having the numerical value of 5 , the Number of Man. Double it for 144 degrees of artistic talent , a bi-quintile. In his book The Astrology of Relationship , Michael R. Meyer gives the quintile division this Keynote: The capacity for creative manipulation of energies and substances for the actual manifestation of visions and plans. Symbolic Implications: The five senses, the five limbs (two arms, two legs, and the head), the four fingers and the thumb. Naturally, we think of da Vinci's famous drawing of the Vitruvian Man ! Perhaps the newly found 'secret figures' are not quite up to 'Da Vinci Code' movie script standards but may turn out to be interestin...

So if you're anything like me, December tends to be a very busy month in the real world and it isn't always easy to find blogging or Art time. Yet today I did manage to place my drawing Blue Winter's Path into my Zazzle Art Shop as a greeting card so don your mittens and have yourself a meander down Blue Winter's Path, or send an image of it along to a friend, if you wish. **Edit 2024: sorry, no longer available,** it expired. jc Because last I heard, the US Postal Service is still in the business of delivering greeting cards if the effort is made and a stamp attached! Plus, you'll find other cards and stuff at Zazzle as well, so why not have a browse? With the December 21, 2010 Winter Solstice (and Lunar Eclipse) soon upon us, it all makes me feel brrr-ish just thinking about it...for I do love falling snowflakes served with cups of hot cocoa sipped by the fire! You too? ;p Above image: a snippet from Blue Winter's Path (c) 2010. View the horoscopes, read my P...

Here's a little Moonlight Rain to celebrate (discreetly, of course!) the December 5, 2010 New Moon in Sagittarius , sign of The Seeker . The illustration above shows a Full Moon which definitely isn't as dark as tonight, Saturday night, and Sunday night will progressively be for we're in the 3-day Balsamic phase prior to the precise moment the New Moon perfects with the Sun (and I'd need to draw a totally blacked-out Moon to show the lunation precisely, so why not settle for this lighter representation of a Full Moon, yes?) Because in only two weeks, the Dec 21, 2010 Lunar Eclipse in Gemini will manifest as the culmination and fulfillment of this Monday's New Moon 13Sag28 when seeds of new ventures are planted and nurtured. (Click link to view the New Moon's chart image w details, EST.) Why, it's almost lyrical, the Dec 5 New Moon's Sabian Symbol: '14Sag'..."The Pyramid and the Sphinx" and yet something sinister underneath the symbol...

In Georgia today it's cloudy and rainy and I'm in a Celestial View from Turquoise Arch kind of mood...you? Thursday November 4, 2010 brings us Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Libra since we're just before a New Moon @13Sco40, the position of Venus' retrograde station degree of October 8, 2010. This gives us a rather lovely midpoint picture and flavor of the day to consider for the New Moon: Sun/Moon = Venus: artistic interests; harmony; friendship; love awareness. (Tyl; Ebertin.) A few famous folk who share the Sun Sco-Moon Lib blend in their natal charts are: Jayne Mansfield, Billie Jean King, Sylvia Plath, Ted Turner, Francois Mitterrand, and Marie Antoinette. And the New Moon's Sun Sco-Moon Sco? Ah, that blend is shared natally by the likes of: Georgia O'Keefe, Leif Garrett, Dracula's daddy Bram Stoker, politician and global operator Howard Baker, and The View 's Whoopi Goldberg.

For your Halloween 2010 treat: A Spooky Dream Forest ! This dream image reminds me of the Tarot card 18 The Moon with its kindly advice: don't fear the mysterious unknown...this is the darkness before the dawn...don't squander your energies with anxious worrying...and, let your intuition guide you to hidden opportunities... Wishing You a Happy and Safe Halloween!

In time for Halloween 2010 and as per request, Moonrise at the Crossroads is now available to you as a 19" x 15" Bronze Matte UV wall art poster! So does this drawing fall into the 'Spooky Art' category or is it simply another in my long line of Moon and Cosmic Art illustrations? I shall leave it for you to decide... ~:~ An Art Note: my original signature and imprints ~ Unscene World and Secret Moon Art ~ are visible at the bottom of this image. If you prefer that my hand lettering disappear from the art poster of 'Moonrise at the Crossroads' please convo me at: judecowell at gmail dot com with your request and I will upload a newer version to Jude Cowell Art Shop which will, however, crop off a small portion of the drawing. Thanks! jc

Today a new drawing for you so you may meander down a secluded path in A Fairy's Secret Valley ! Yet because Secret Moon Art isn't exclusively for Fairy Art (or Faerie Art, if you prefer), I went wandering about on your behalf and discovered some lovely Fairy Art sites for ethereal perusal such as Fairy Art.net , Art by Sarah Pittman , and some free-to-use Fairy clip art which may be found at Karen Whimsy 's site. Related is the Sur La Lune Fairy Tale Blog , a treat for eyes and minds! And of course, if you wish a journey to view the transcendental artwork of one of America's premiere Visionary Artists you simply can never go off-path with Mr. Gilbert Williams , an early inspiration of mine. Now I feel a bit sheepish admitting it, but somewhere packed away I have a book of his paintings which was published quite a few moons ago - and when I locate it one day, you might be able to hear my woot! all the way from Georgia! Oh where can it be? Perhaps the pink fairies purl...

Yes, Moonrise at the Crossroads has been published here before and seems to show up in quite a few google searches. But since it's a favorite drawing of mine (even though I usually lean toward full color rather than black and white), I'm posting it now in honor of Autumn Equinox 2010 and the lovely Full Moon of last evening! Plus, since Halloween is almost upon us I am reminded that this image turns up rather well when people google terms like 'spooky art', too. Boo!

In a couple of weeks this pencil artist shall be Dallying with Dali at Atlanta's High Museum of Art! A favorite 'showman' artist of surrealism from my childhood, Salvador Dali's work is on display in Atlanta, Georgia, some of which has never before been viewed by the public. The exhibition is titled, 'Dali: The Late Work' so please click for more details. The image above is a detail from my drawing Ecology Woman , an effort which I am quite certain was inspired by my early interest in the surrealism of Salvador Dali, among others.

Look who's performing at The Garden tonight: Singer in Blue ! Oil and watercolour pencils on black paper. And you know you're cordially invited to browse my Art Portfolio of drawings 24/7 at Fine Art America !

Not being a photographer any longer, I possess no garden photos of my own to publish here but writer Layla Morgan Wilde certainly does. Her feature I Garden, Therefore I Am is an organic marvel unto itself, and if you appreciate discovering an isle of calm in the midst of a crazy world, Layla's feature is not to be missed. Photo Collages always tend to catch my attention, too, of course, and multi-talented Layla has perfectly captured images and words of August's fading summer moments within a gilt-edged frame which will delight both viewer and reader! Meanwhile, this particular SMA entry needs gracing with a photo or two of its own, something garden-y, botanical, seasonal. How about a couple from my photographer daughter Maya Henderson ? As you may know, Maya is an online fiberista who hand-spins, paints, and dyes all manner of wool and fluff into fabulous skeins of yarns for special knitting projects. How fortuitous that she can use her way with a camera to showcase the c...

Here's a semi-completed close-up of my newest botanical drawing Creosote Blooming in Moonbeams drawn with my favorite oil and watercolour pencils on paper...moonbeams complimentary. If you can tell from this cropped little tidbit of an image, the style is my oft-used blend of Virgo-botanical and Pisces-visionary. But just to be sure, why not mosey over and snag the fuller and finished version of this illustration? You'll find it right now in my 24/7 Art browsing place, Jude Cowell Art Shop @ Zazzle. Or if you prefer, try a direct link to Creosote Blooming 's wall poster page.

This illustration is entitled, Pattillo Wakes at Moonrise . Well, of course he does. For he's an armadillo with a natural habit of foraging at night for ants and grubs! Mmm-m-m-m...yum yum. And here's Pattillo catching a little shut eye , making a pit stop on his journey to a greener clime.

You may be the first to know: the lastest issue of Emerging Visions has arrived! Have yourself a peek at the Cosmic Art of Starry Desires and read flash poetry inspired by none other than the Cosmos!

Have you ever taken a few moments to view my album of paper collages at Gather ? Thought not! Then here's one titled Cat Archaeologist which might just put you in the mood: Plus, you're cordially invited to join in, if you like - just look for the Gather Group they call, 'Collage Mirage'! If you join Gather, you'll be able to join the conversation by commenting on articles, photos, and videos as well as publish your own content (make money or points for gift certificates; I prefer the book store gifties myself.) Yet even without joining Gather, viewing and reading are still available to you as you wish, so do drop by when ya can! ~:~ Jude Cowell Art Shop : open 24/7.

A Hidden Garden stumbled on with flowers, bees attending I wish all gardens could be found with fairies never ending! Drawing by yours truly. Browse my Jude Cowell Art Portfolio at Fine Art America 24/7!

Ceres and Pallas , a pencil drawing by Jude Cowell.

Oh look! A little Silverbelly has floated in from Dreamyfish Art to Secret Moon Art to crow a bit - well, to glub, actually - over today's capping of the BP oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico! Oil is now longer flowing as of BP's efforts today so let's hope the oil keeps not flowing, shall we? Woot! Then perhaps my faith in the flavor of the July 11, 2010 Solar Eclipse isn't completely misplaced even though today's success (coming a mere 4 days after the Eclipse!) is temporary with BP saying they plan to 'plug' the well in August, which is meant to be a more permanent solution than today's 'tight-fitting' cap. The July 11, 2010 Solar Eclipse in oceanic, watery Cancer (@19Can24, the sign of the crab!) contains a flavor of 'things at first seem worse, then clear with successful outcomes' so after all these weeks of oil, gas, and dispersants ruining the waters, shores, and livelihoods of the Gulf Coast region, this 'clearing' outc...

A Clearing in Blue Tree Forest , colored pencils on paper, inspiration from who-knows-where... ~:~ And for 24/7 browsing, you may wish to sashay by my Art Shop @ Zazzle!

Pansies by the Old Garden Stairs volunteers bringing cheers to brighten our weary cares.......... with mystic flower fairies attending! ~:~ As all flower fairies know, you'll find 24/7 browsing @ Zazzle's Jude Cowell Art Shop !

This simple drawing Green Valley is meant for all who long for peace and rest during these troubling times...a quiet place with a little greenery from me to you!

Look! It's Bebe who has wafted into Secret Moon Art today just to tout her pin-up status in my new Cosmic Lilith Art Calendar 2011 of fanciful figure studies! Bebe Blushing is her full name - well, her portrait's name - and I hope you'll check out Miss January 2011 and the rest of the months' portraits, too. Here's a direct link that will whisk you away to view the Cosmic Lilith Art Calendar 2011 where my 12 ladies representing the glamorous side of the Lilith archetype await your visit! ~:~ Art Note: 'fanciful figure studies' refers to my adult-themed artwork which I consider suitable viewing for age 17+ only. View more @ Cosmic Persona Designs , if you dare.

Blue Tree Forest has just been made available as a postcard and who knows what might follow...just think how amazed your friends will be to receive a real live artsy postcard in the terra-mail! Check it out @ Zazzle.

'Liberty Cries' art poster by cowelljude Browse more Jude cowell political collage art poster Posters This is something new to try: posting the image of my newest Art Poster @ Zazzle created from my paper collage, Liberty Cries. Please pardon all the links you see here for they 'came along' with the image code! And the reason it says 'cowelljude' is that Zazzle insisted that 'judecowell' and other forms of my name were already taken when I set up my Zazzle Art Shop in 2009. So be it. Maybe I'll run into me one day... Jude

Comet Skies , a drawing by Jude Cowell (c) 2010 and beyond... If you've ever noticed within yourself an interest in comets and their timely arrivals (and who hasn't?) then mid-June 2010 is the perfect time to look up to catch a cameo appearance by none other than Comet McNaught , a recently noticed green fuzzball now approaching Earth's little patch of the solar system! ~:~ Art-Browsing? why not try Jude Cowell Art at Zazzle , an Art Shop that is always open for a drop-in!

Journey to Neptune , a Cosmic Art drawing for you by Jude Cowell. In mind of April's BP oil fiasco under the Neptunian waters of the Gulf of Mexico, here floating past Secret Moon Art in solidarity with his marine brethren, is a small Red fairy basslet who tells me he's hoping you might check out a newly created spinning Art Cube, this time featuring six of my Dreamyfish Art portraits of tropical fish from Western Australia. And you know my Dreamyfish Art blog always keeps a Marine News feed in its sidebar which is useful for Gulf Coast and other environmental news and issues. Now let's Save our Gulf Coast waters and beaches and the threatened marine creatures therein!

Here's a detail from my botanical interpretation of a lovely sprig of Jimson weed blooming in moonlight and you may view the drawing in its entirety @ 2 Hours if you wish. For if you're anything like me, you so love purple flowers of any hue!

Presenting to you my new '8mm film short' of Dreamyfish Art denizens sending a message to their 'Gulf Coast cousins' concerning the scar that is the BP-Gulf oil spill of April 20, 2010. And no one seems to know how to begin to cure it. Committee meetings shall be held in Washington so we know it's a point of discussion there but the sea is way too deep. Therefore, conclusions leading to actions may be politically tentative and risky but who knows the consequences of action until you try? And yet...things feel...fishy. In more ways than one. Because... If this entire Capitol Hill charade with BP, Transocean, and Halliburton execs (lined up like little penguins quacking out of both sides of their bills about how they don't-know-can't-say-wait-and-see) is really about BP filing for bankruptcy and skirting their responsibilities while making off like racoons, then I, for one, will be very very cross...no, enraged to the point of complete snitdom at the oil in...

In similar fashion to 'man bites dog' here is Fashion Stalks Jungle , a drawing originating from the now-shuttered Cosmic Persona Designs gallery and now appearing withn my Secret Moon Art collection: ~:~ And since you're here, you're cordially invited to drop by for a browse of my Jude Cowell Art Portfolio 24/7 where you'll find art prints, tote bags, artsy throw pillows and more!

Path to an Ancient Temple is a noble republish of one of my jungle-y drawings from about 3 years ago. This image puts me in mind of a similar illustration I've used to represent the last degree of Pisces where Jupiter and Uranus must soon tarry a moment before conjoining the Aries Point (00Ari00:00) in tandem @ 00Ari18 on June 8, 2010. This grand rendevous of Jupiter and Uranus @ AP may bring the world some kind of new wonderment! Even new, enthralling insights into Astrology or Religion are potentials. '30 Pisces' = "The Great Stone Face"... Quoting in part from Marc Edmund Jones' book, The Sabian Symbols in Astrology (my bold ): Each individual selects the image within himself to which he would shape himself outwardly, and this he comes to resemble as in Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale. Destiny is character as it most persistently constitutes itself. Keyword: DISCERNMENT; positive expression: self-integrity in its irresistible impact on the cours...

Isle of Ruins by Jude Cowell (c) Unscene World 2010+ This posting of Isle of Ruins is a 'noble re-publish' of one of my cosmic-themed drawings from 1996. After a morning of blogging @ my Political Astrology blog Stars Over Washington concerning proposed financial reform and Senator Bernie Sanders' amendment to Audit the Fed, the image of America in ruins is freshly imprinted on my mind and heart. For as I've always blogged: forget the 'Ds vs Rs' - America is my only nag in the race! Then there's my Scottish friend, astrologer Anne Whitaker and her family who recently sojourned on the magical Isle of Iona which I hear is an amazingly gorgeous and peaceful spot of great antiquity! Here's a photo of a rocky Iona shoreline which Anne kindly sent along to me and yes, Anne, this Georgian is a little envious of your trip to such lovely and historic environs! ~:~ Remember: my Zazzle Art Shop is always open for browsing with art posters, greeting cards, m...

On a hill far away grows a clump of Primula vialli blooming in the moonlight and it seems a pink flower fairy has dropped by! Here's a lovely photo of the blooms, plus, the BBC 's website has gardening tips advising you how best how to grow Primula vialli . Nothing said about moonlight though...but here at Secret Moon Art , you're totally hooked up with the lovely Primula vialli! ~:~ Always open for browsing: Jude's Zazzle Art Shop !

A new Cosmic Art drawing here, just begun and just completed: Celestial Path 2010 and beyond... ...it's another in my Paths'n'Portals series and I hope you like! ~:~ View more Cosmic Art @ Two Hours and Jude's Threshold . And take some time to visit my Art Shop @ Zazzle , if you may!

Here's a rather simple new drawing of the Secret Moon Art persuasion: Flower Fairy in Rain . She seems to be caught in the act, doesn't she? ;p My usual Prismacolor oil and Rexel Derwent watercolour pencils have been used on black paper for an almost magical effect that I hope you enjoy!

Howdy Do! My children's book character, Pattillo Armadillo, skedaddles apace in this scene from his Hero's Journey, the yet-to-be-published Pattillo Armadillo and the Dream of Green ...as you see, Pattillo runs toward the Great Lichen Forest during the course of his adventure. But you, m'dear, don't have to run, you may merely click to read insightful articles recently published for Astrology Day Blogathon 2010 by various astrologers of note including Donna Cunningham ('Skywriter'), C. J. Wright ('Auntie Moon'), and Mandi Lockley ('Astroair'). This is a permanent collection of informative writings which concern the current and ongoing Cardinal T-Square of planets Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto and it gives us practical ideas for handling these difficult planetary energies now squaring off from Spring 2010 into 2014/15. So if you managed to miss it thus far, please click here for a private viewing of the Cosmic Art Gallery set up in honor of the Blo...

Hello and Welcome to A Cosmic Art Gallery published in honor of International Astrology Day Blogathon 2010! You'll find Blogathon articles written by various astrologers which suggest practical solutions for the problems we all may encounter during the reign of the difficult Cardinal T-Square and Grand Cross patterns of planetary energies bedeviling our world 2010 - 2014. Read to glean practical ideas for trying times from noted astrologers with special emphasis placed on the three planets involved in the Cardinal T-Square. Here's the line-up of articles and the dates they go Live: Friday March 19, Skywriter's Pluto Problems Got You Perplexed? Here's What Helps by Donna Cunningham. Saturday March 20, Astroair's Look After Saturn and Saturn Will Look After You by Mandi Lockley. Sunday March 21, Aunti Moon's Uranus in Aries: Claiming a Self Reliant Future by C. J. Wright. Many other astrologers are taking part as well including astrologer Neeti Ray so be sure ...