A New Drawing! Portrait of Chironia

Portrait of Chironia by Jude Cowell; a fanciful figure study; oil and water color pencils (dry) on black paper.

New! Pansies in Rain Under Full Moon

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Portrait of a Cinnamon Teal in Moonlight

A simple pencil portrait of a marsh duck a Cinnamon teal has floated by under moonlight...

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Meander to Abandoned Garden with Peonies!

August 7, 2018: Before Summer 2018 ends, I'm feeling a nostalgic meander over to Abandoned Garden with Peonies coming on!

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It's Moon Rise at the Crossroads!

Well, look what I discovered in some old art files - Moon Rise at the Crossroads!

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New at Secret Moon Art! 'Secrets in Shadows'

Secrets in Shadows pencil on black paper Jude Cowell Art 2018+

July 12, 2018: A new drawing inspired by tonight's Solar Eclipse @20Cancer41 conjunct and activating one of the stars of creativity, Castor. Besides, any eclipse has the ability to suddenly uncover secrets and inconvenient facts with a cosmic blink from the Universe!

A drawing finally completed: Circe with Sisters!

July 2, 2018: Now that my eyesight is greatly improved to its former goodness after two surgeries (right and left), I'm happily at my drafting table again! Actually, the title of the drawing below is, Circe, Charybdis, and Thelma although which sister is which is a challenge only you, dear viewer, can figure out! What say you?

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Mythological Links of Interest--plus, Thelma:

The Spellbinding Story of Circe, Goddess of Magic (pronounced kir' kee, y'know).

Who Is Charybdis?

And then there's Thelma, a name which may or may not derive from 'will' or 'volition' for it does sound much like the arrogant Thelema philosophy developed by freaky devil-worshiper Aleister Crowley (1875--1947).

But never fret for no devils ever lurk in any of my drawings!

Portrait of Analise now complete!

April 22, 2018: here's a view of the previously published yet incomplete Portrait of Analise and a larger view of her freshly completed portrait, below:

She's not as ghostly now, don't you agree? Or is she...

all images (c) 2018+ Jude Cowell Art pencil on black paper

You're invited to Dinner at Delphine's!

No RSVP needed to have Dinner at Delphine's!

Oil and water color pencils on black paper, Jude Cowell Art 2018+

#124 Bambo Tuck's 'Shroom Home on Silvery Tree Path!

Here's an illustration of Bambo Tuck's 'ShroomHome #124 from my unpublished children's book Silvery Tree Path (circa 1996):

As were many of my drawings during the late 1990s, this one is drawn on black paper and embossed with metallic pencil which you can probably tell from the silver raindrops (actually aluminum pencil) in this scan of an actual photograph!

Past Has a Way...a drawing of shadows

April, 5, 2018: Past Has a Way...of catching up with us!

You've seen the new Portrait of Darcy Darling!

Here's a new entry into my Fine Art America portfolio of browsable images: Portrait of Darcy Darling (chillaxing at home!! )...

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Frieda Fretting Flags Friend Flo!

11 Planets - an incomplete drawing

March 3, 2018: an incomplete version of a new drawing 11 Planets created especially for Secret Moon Art!

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Artist Choice: desire a modestly priced yet fanciful image of my work? Why not Art Greeting Cards?

Or this coffee or tea mug sporting a Black-striped butter fish of Western Australian waters floating in his dream scenario!

And speaking of hot beverages...

One of my favorite Abe Lincoln quotes: "If this is tea bring me coffee, if this is coffee, bring me tea." Who can lose with such an amusing attitude? Or perhaps he was bemused!

Related: Why Study Harmonics in Astrology? presented by master astrologer David Cochrane.

And: The Secret Contained in the Number Eleven by yours truly with reference to popular Netflix show Stranger Things and the character Eleven.

An Incomplete Portrait of Annalise

Portrait of Annalise isn't quite finished yet but here's a peek:

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Portrait of an 'Incomplete Gal' - now Vivian Astoria!

*February 22, 2018: A few days ago I posted here a partially drawn image titled, 'Incomplete Gal' (name this drawing)'. Today I shall post the completed (fini!) pencil portrait of....

Vivian Astoria McClellan and here she is now...

Sending Thanks to All my Facebook Friends (you know who ya are) who suggested possible names for this visage, this character study in pencil!

But why 'McClellan'? For fun. And because for me it represents a 'mysterious' or hidden ancestral line due to 17th century morals (or their lack!) when titled gentlemen kept mistresses as if they were kings (the gentlemen, not the mistresses). And so it seems that if one of my Webb ancestors, John D. Webb, is in the line of a certain immigrant-to-America Thomas Terrance Webb as he apparently is, Thomas took 'Webb' from his mother's family (she, Ann Webb of Colerain, Ireland) and his papa was her main squeeze, Thomas McClellan so long hidden (as things now appear hundreds of years on). If you're wondering, the answer is No, Ann was not his only mistress. (Follow the Thomas McClellan link and scroll almost all the way down to the DF41 Webb Cluster paragraph.)

Which only shows that you never know which sort of nougat you'll bite into when shaking your family tree!

Now as you know, the McClellan surname through the centuries has picked up multiple spellings as so many surnames do and you'll find them and other historic details about the family if you check out the MacLellan Clan pages!

To close, here again is Version One of Vivian Astoria McClellan just to keep both images on the same page (although they are the same drawing!):

Fanciful Figure Study: Blue Bayou Babe

Under a crescent moon, Blue Bayou Babe has dropped by to say Hello!

New! Incomplete Gal (Name This Drawing)

In the olden days of Secret Moon Art ('round about 2005 and beyond) I sometimes posted unfinished drawings in this gallery, then published the complete version a bit later. Since I recently began drawing again, the urge to return to this 2-step practice has overtaken my best judgment.

So here is my latest attempt--its working title, Incomplete Gal:

Of course, in a certain sense, as long as we're still around, we're all incomplete, are we not?

Even so, if you'd like to see the finished drawing, please share this post and/or comment...your suggestions for her name are welcome too! Does the gal pictured above favor anyone you know?

Fractured Girl - a drawing

Here's another drawing from my 'Fractured' series and this lady has a seer quality, yes?

New Collage! Our Cosmic Blinks (Eclipses)

Created January 30, 2018: Our Cosmic Blinks are the 'wild cards of the Universe'...Eclipses!

Counting Solar and Lunar there are five eclipses in 2018: first, the Lunar Eclipse Jan 31, 2018 @11Leo37, the 'We The People Solar Eclipse' of February 15, 2018, a 2 Old North Solar Eclipse on July 13 @21Cancer (Mr. Trump's PE series), a Lunar Eclipse @5Aquarius on July 27 (conjunct America's natal South Node of the Moon--a swipe from the dragon's tail), and on August 11 the Solar Eclipse of the 2018 Midterm Elections, aka, the 'Tower Eclipse' as in the number 16 Tarot card with its 'collapse of plans and/or lifestyles' vibes (Brady).