1999 Visionary Portrait

I'm trying to retrieve my information and photos of my paintings from my old website and transfer them here on my blog...the information below was written back in 2005 and I have journeyed a million miles since then, but I think this original info is important and the paintings...so I'm hoping I can retrieve it all for you to read and see.

Foxfire ~ Visionary Portraits

This is the visionary self-portrait I did after my soul retrieval in the fall of 1999. The Shaman journeyed and brought back 3 parts to me that I had lost from abuse and trauma in my life and she also brought back one of my power animals that came to her in the journey.

This power animal was the black bear. The soul retrieval helped me to be whole again and with the help of my power animal, the black bear, I started to focus on going within for wisdom through dreams and contemplation (as symbolized by hibernation). The strength of the Bear is in knowing he has invited you to enter silence and to become acquainted with the Dream Lodge, so that your goals may become realities.To become one with the Bear is to journey with him into your dreams and to own them. Then in the strength you will be ready to discover the honey in the Tree of Life

Since becoming one with the Bear, I have discovered the holistic healing powers of God that channel through me and to use them ‘as his will be done’. In another part of my website I can suggest the books that I have read and I pray they will help you as they have helped me. In the portrait I also saw myself as Native American Indian, the daisies are my favorite flower and the colors I have used are very healing and soothing for me.

Every Visionary Portrait that I do is very personal to the person I am painting. Because my main purpose in this life is to heal others, my artistic talents are being used to give you healing through the visions I am given in the reading and to incorporate it onto the canvas with ‘Spirit Participation’. I’ll explain this further in the next few pages of the Visionary Portraits.