If US votes in McBush its SAME as always, torture,no taxes 4 RICH or corp. taking jobs away+WAR,etc!

Hey! W/ping.fm I just posted 2 my other networks! Thanks Ariane! @ http://ping.fm/F42ic

Don't forget I have free coloring pages & letter from the tooth fairy on my website: http://ping.fm/zDICG -Kathy

Mermaids and Creating Art

Legends, Myths, Mermaids, Water Babies

Lengends of mermaids
A myth? On no.

The little painting is part of a series. It can be purchased through Art.com or Amazon right now. I will soon be posting her on Art Wanted as well until I set up my own site and that is totally mine.

"She Could Almost Touch Them"
18x24 oil on canvas
Kathy Ostman-Magnusen

Free E-cards Ask Alana

"Mermaid Baby" 18x24 oil on canvas "Mermaid Baby Series"

I am so excited!

kathysart.com now offers FREE E-CARDS

"Mermaid Baby"; "African Series"; "In Search of Klimt"; "Hawaiian Legacy" are available now on my website:

http://www.kathysart.com/

It is very cool! Through my dear friends at "Ask Alana" you can send out images of my artwork with your own message. There is a fun list of music to go along with your E-card too!

I just LOVE it!


Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Free Gifts:
http://www.kathysart.com/

Some of the images available for E-Cards on my website

http://www.kathysart.com/


"Testing the Climate" 48x36 oil, gold leaf on canvas "In Search of Klimt Series"


"Wedding Song" 18x24 oil on canvas "Hawaiian Legacy Series"


"Euphoria" 48x36 oil on canvas "African Series"

How wonderful!

Have a happy day, Kathy

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My Favorite Mermaid

My Favorite Mermaid
By Vincent Carlucci

It is dangerous for me to talk of my favorite mermaid because like anyone else I have a continual changeover in favorites. In any case, my favorite mermaid is Mami Wata. She is a fertility goddess from Africa and her cult is still very popular there. Mami Wata is a corruption of the English words Water Mother. It is a reference to her status as the goddess of the waters and the mother of life on earth.

Mami Wata is described as fair skinned with long straight black hair. Many people believe that her appearance is European because of the influence of mermaid pictures from Europe. This is only partly true. In Africa white is the color associated with spirituality and particularly with Mami Wata as we will see in a moment. Otherwise, Mami Wata is called the "more than beautiful woman" because her beauty is more than human -- it is supernatural. She is also said to be incredibly wealthy. She is usually depicted in one of two forms: as a human woman dressed in the height of fashion or as a naked mermaid.

You can see in Mami Wata the influence of other mermaids. As I have already said, her image was influenced by European mermaid pictures. I have read that originally Mami Wata may have been a snake goddess, in form half human and half snake. This is not impossible -- quite the opposite there are many examples of this happening. Iara, the mermaid from Brazil, the Rusalka of Russia and at least some of the Celtic mermaids. The mermaid image must be an extremely powerful one since it seems to have influenced so many cultures.

Aphrodite and Venus are close cousins of Mami Wata. Each is the most beautiful goddess in her pantheon. They have many lovers. The are known for being cruel and kind, capricious and vengeful. They are associated with fertility, sex, creation, water, doves, mirrors, combs and death.

Mami Wata is not identical with these goddesses, of course. She is much more directly involved with her followers. She appears frequently in visions, or in the flesh. She often takes human form to punish men with venereal disease or impotency. She has many human lovers that she rewards with wealth and prosperity providing that they remain absolutely faithful to her. Sometimes she will abduct people, taking them to her watery realm. When they return their clothes are dry and they have a remote, other-worldly attitude.

Colors are important in African mythology and Mami Wata's colors are red and white. These colors highlight the contradictions in Mami Wata's nature. Red is the color of blood associated with violence and destruction, male attributes. It also symbolizes flesh. White in Africa is often used to mean clear, transparent. It is associated with spirituality, passivity and femininity.

Mami Wata is always some mixture of red and white. She is very red when she takes human form. She is incarnated which literally means "in the flesh." Whiter she is a beautifully dressed woman, her form only hinting at something more than the physical. Whiter still she is the mermaid, beyond the need for clothing and edging into the inhuman. At the far extreme she is white or clear, like pure water, invisible in her unknowable spiritual dimension.

I have some folk tales about Mami Wata on my site, you can read them by clicking Mami Wata folk tales. I also have other myths and folk tales about mermaids, sea goddesses and water nymphs, as well as some of the best and most original mermaid art on the net. The main page for my site is Beautiful Mermaid Art.

Be sure to check out Vincent's Website at:http://www.beautiful-mermaid-art.com

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Artwork In a Butterfly Garden | Map Fairy Tale Adventures of Tiny Angels

Artwork In a Butterfly Garden | Map Fairy Tale Adventures of Tiny Angels

I will draw the wind
the sea
the dream.
I will draw
art work in butterfly garden
and pictures of cats and dogs.
I find my treasures hidden
but kept safe by tiny angels.
I map faery tale adventures
Tiny angels
guard a world unknown to me
as yet.
I will not consider impossible.
I will take out my pen and draw
whimsical musicians artwork
whimsical angel pictures
enchanted fairies.
I will find my muse
contemplate its rhythm
stroke its complexities
stamp out reservations...
they hold no place here!
I will collect whimsical angels
innocent angel they be
and introduce them to enchanted faries
I will make drawing of the phoenix bird
legends of mermaids will attest to their flight.
I am a fantasy art warrior woman
no dragon can block my pathway.
Enchanted arms walkthrough
I will always stay amused.
Elves in folklore and myths abound
I hear the one winged angel calling.
Never limit the undefined
never accept limits at all.
Offer free poems
set them on the doorstep
of any given traveler.
How to draw flames
how to draw winter
how to bring the fairies home again.
I steady my Viking ship
and produce coloring pages
for children and their mothers.
Pixies fairies
elves
colouring pictures
whimsical musicians artwork
never ending pleasure.

Ahh yes!
I map faery tale adventures
and keep them safely inside my pocket.

Angels Design

http://www.angelsdesign.net
Angels Design

This is a fantastic website that uses artists images to create free sets. Hopefully she will soon do one of the "Mermaid Baby"! So far she has done them using my "Victorian Series"

Patti's Words:

I love creating web page sets to be used on personal web sites. Nothing that I create may be used in any commercial manner.

These are the wonderful artist & photographers giving Angels Design
permission to use their work in my creations.
Please visit their website to enjoy all their art pieces.
Most artist have a link where you can purchase their artwork right on line.

Artists:

Alan Giana
Abranda Icle Sisson
Bettye Williams
Danny Hahlbohm
Erin Dertner
Glory Hamilton (Glory's website is closed)
Janet Kruskamp
John O'Brien
Jonathon Bowser

Kathy Ostman-Magnusen

Lewis Barrett Lehrman
Mikki Senkarik
Nicole Jahan
Penny Parker
Randy Souders
Sally Holt
Scarlett Chou
SOTL
Tom Sierak
Photography

Annie Reb
Beverley Lu Latter
Big Stock Photo
Don Paulson
Image cafe
Lady Oz
Marianne Venegoni
PD Photo
Stock Xcnng