Mystical Mixed Media Blog

I believe that magic is art and that art, whether it be writing, music, sculpture, or any other form is literally magic. Art is, like magic, the science of manipulating symbols, words, or images, to achieve changes in consciousness. ~ Alan Moore

What’s the Problem?

Artist's Life, Art Business, Collage, The Internet | 0 Comments

10JANUARY, 2021Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket, mixed media collage, 5.5 x 6 inches Art Marketing "I'm aiming for the emotional honesty of Van Gogh and the promotional skills of Coca-Cola!" ~ Dion Archibald Almost four years ago, I finally...

Begin Again

New Finished Artwork, Artist's Life, Printmaking, Collage | 4 Comments

Kalachakra Matrix, monotype with mixed media21DECEMBER, 2020 "And the seasons, they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return, we can only look Behind, from where we came And go round and round...

What’s Next

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5 OCTOBER, 2020 Think Square 3 I had a very hard time coming up with a title for this post. I'm actually still struggling with what I want to say. There's no big theme here. Mostly, I just wanted to tell you that I'm still here, despite the strangeness of the world we...

The Art of Collage, part 2

Inspiration, Collage, Art History | 2 Comments

Question, hand-cut collage, 5 x 8.5 inches22SEPTEMBER, 2020"I suspect many artists find it alluring for not only its immediacy but its unique and inherent nature to reinvent the familiar into something mysteriously new. Collage also has a long history of integrating...

The Last Few Brushstrokes

Work in Progress, New Finished Artwork, Artist's Life | 2 Comments

22AUGUST, 2020 The ConundrumLately, I've been having trouble finishing my work. I literally have about 6 or 7 pieces laying around my studio in various states of unfinished-ness. I have tons of ideas, and they all start out pretty good. However, I get to a...

Protest Art and SOS Art 2020

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Reliquary, mixed media collage on antique book cover, 17.5 x 11 in1JULY, 2020Late Hour Riot, Shepard FaireyShepard Fairey is an American graphic artist and social activist who is part of the Street Art movement along with other artists including Banksy and Mr....

Up Close and Personal

Tips and Techniques, Artist's Life, Inspiration, Photography | 2 Comments

21 MAY, 2020 The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words. ~ Elliott Erwitt When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with...

The Healing Power of Art

New Finished Artwork, Artist's Life, Inspiration | 6 Comments

1MAY, 2020Shelter in Place, collage and mixed media on antique book cover, 9.25 x 6 in This piece is one of my latest attempts to work through the feelings of anxiety and helplessness I've experienced with the global pandemic.Working Through ItI wasn't...

Inspired by Nature

Artist's Life, Inspiration, interconnections, Photography | 4 Comments

Art Inspiration 12JANUARY, 2020“Deep ecology does not see the world as a collection of isolated objects but rather as a network of phenomena that are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent." ~ Fritjof Capra, The Tao of Physics"Nature uses only the...

A Few More Repairs, plus Give-away Results

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30 DECEMBER, 2019 Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. ~ Henry Ford Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying 'I will try again tomorrow.' ~ Mary Anne Radmacher...