Secret Moon Art

Pleiades Sisters, a drawing by jude cowell (c) 2008. Yes, it's true that Secret Moon Art is not usually where I publish figure studies unless they have starry connections. So here's a photo of the Pleiades , the most auspicious and identifiable Taurean star cluster of all, the mythology of which appears in many cultures as a hen with chicks, a flock of doves, and for my drawing purposes, The Seven Sisters. Which is which? You decide: it's Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno, and Alcyone, the daughters of Atlas and Pleione, as represented in whimsical human form by your artist of the evening, Jude Cowell. And tonight is Earth Hour from 8:00 to 9:00 pm, if it hasn't come to your time zone already...it will be a good chance to view the stars without the usual light polution and save some wattage simultaneously!

Trail to the Moon , drawing by jude cowell (c) secret moon art 2008 Use only by express permission of artist

Here's a drawing from my Nostalgia Files, Moon Reflection Pyramids, done on white paper--way back in 1995! (c) secret moon art 2008 by jude cowell

Pink Fairy Pink Dawn, drawing by jude cowell (c) 2008 Use by express permission only

Cloudy Moon Night --drawing on left, and the same drawing above but with sprigs of fresh-blooming rosemary from my garden scanned upon it just for fun. Cloudy Moon Night by jude cowell (c) secret moon art 2008+

Totally made this up--to my knowledge there are no such things as Blue Trumpet Flowers, but there is moonlight and my imagination. Blue Trumpet Flower by jude cowell 2008 Use only by express permission of artist. Which reminds me...I heard that the Hollywood writers' strike may be ending soon which is good because I want to see more episodes of my favorite new show: Moonlight. I'm not a fan of the vampire normally but a humanitarian vampire is a difficult paradox to ignore! ~:~ Yes, Moonlight came back from the writers' strike but was cancelled at the end of its run - which grumped me up considerably. Anti-kudos to CBS. :-(

Lady Unmasking is drawn and published in honor of the Feb 7, 2008 Solar Eclipse in the 10 North Series. Keyphrases for this Series which last manifested on Jan 26, 1990 (so similar issues may resurface from that time period) are: strong emphasis on communications; frustrating or inhibiting events occur relating to news, paperwork, or a young person; a draining of energy--take things quietly for there's an element of fatigue with this Series. (Brady's Predictive Astrology. ) Yes, Lady Unmasking is a bit of a departure for Secret Moon Art, for my figure studies and mask-related images are usually published at Cosmic Persona Designs with Children's, Botanical, and Fairy Art published here at SMA. Plus, I hope you don't mind a smidge of Astrology with your Art today! I have sashayed into Astrology here before--it is Secret Moon Art, after all. Why "Unmasking"? The reason some folk call this the Unmasking Eclipse is because it falls at "18Aquarius"...

My botanical drawing of these mystical little Indian pipes shows them rising in ghostly cluster from a shadowed forest floor. Indian pipes are sometimes mistaken for fungi but they are a true flowering plant. Yet their leaves lack chlorophyll and present as scales along the stems. Therefore they are unable to manufacture food, so their tangly masses of rootlets live quite intimately with subterranean fungi. Both then take their sustenance from decaying organic matter and from living tree roots. Blooming in summer, Indian pipes' single nodding cup-shaped flowers do resemble small clay pipes atop their waxy stems. And who can say that fairies don't play tunes upon these lovely creations of nature-- or puff a puff or two? Indian pipes by jude cowell (c) 2008 Use only by express permission of artist.

Fairy Glen is a drawing about to be donated to my local Mental Health Benefit Art Auction...like? Fairy Glen by jude cowell 2008; Use only with artist's express permission. Thanks.

Beyond synchronicity? Two years ago when I rendered this drawing to illustrate the Sabian Symbol for the 12th degree of Cancer, "A Chinese Woman Nursing a Baby with a Message" I was unaware that in August 2012, Venus will be "stationary in the hand of Orion" ( Signs in the Sky, Adrian Gilbert) in mid-degrees of Gemini. This relates to the cataclysm of 2012 predicted in the Mayan Calendar and in ancient Egyptian texts--and Venus is the prime planetary actor in the drama. (And in Astrology, Venus may be considered a significator of a woman, as well as of values, relationships, aesthetics, beauty and the Arts, and money.) Most people have heard by now that the three pyramids at Giza line up with the stars in the Belt of Orion (though some may dispute it.) My religious friends have told me for 30 years or so that Christ's Second Coming will be from the direction of the Belt of Orion. And a certain prophet has predicted a Shaking of worldwide proportions--which soun...