The Young Queen and a Tea Party

The Young Queen

( on the easel)

Tea Gathering in the studio...

A work in progress..

Young Queen with Giant Tea cup

The Cup is Magical and Transformative

Birthing a Moth

A Balloon carrying the Portal of the Sky

shows her visions in the backdrop,

as two birds swirl within like clouds

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She is accompanied by A Blackbird and Bluebird

and their creative powers

Thankyou for meeting the Young Queen

Hope to finish her soon...

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It is Tea Time..

I offer this dreaming palette

to you Woolfenbell

Dream with me...

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I was invited to an Alice Tea Party /art challenge

with the Fantastic Kindred and Creative Soul

from

http://woolfenbell.blogspot.com/

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http://woolfenbell.blogspot.com/2011/10/drawing-challenge-new-theme-alice.html

Thankyou for inviting me

I dedicate this post to your Magical Theme!

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Visit other artists and creatives..

Thankyou for Visiting

and wishing you all a Magical wkd

~Victoria

I am also joining Creative Kindreds Kristin and Eva

 and All Artists for PPF

Visit or play!

http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

And other Creatives

at

http://studiojru.com/blog/

Saluti: Paintings and Bottles

I am joining

the beautiful Renilde

from:

http://strokeofthebrush.blogspot.com/

She is an amazing artist and all her pieces speak to my soul

and take me inside many realms and dreamworlds

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She is hosting  a drawing challenge/or any creative form:

http://strokeofthebrush.blogspot.com/2011/10/drawing-challenge-bottles.html

The Theme is Bottles

I am sharing a painting I have been working on..

with Bottles in the backdrop

more bottles...

 I love to place bottles on the windowsill

with the season's magic

I also love tiny little

aromatherapy bottles too..

and flowers for the studio too..in a tiny juice bottle

and of course I love wine bottles...

Thankyou Renilde for hosting this challenge..

 This painting is called

"Saluti"

by Victoria Pettella

In acrylics on a large canvas

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I dedicate this to my loved ones no longer here..

This piece is a joyful tribute.

It captures the spirit of celebration and brings me

to a place of connection, memory

and remembrance of those now gone..

Victoria~

Thankyou for Visiting

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Paint Party Friday

http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/

Also Today and Every Friday

for PPF, with many creative souls to visit!

Thankyou Eva and Kristin for always hosting!

Victoria

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The Forest Heart and the Rabbit Lord

The Forest Heart

An older painting, back on the easel..Work-in-progress

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I dedicate this painting to my older brother,

who has always looked out for me

even in the dream world, he always shows up

when I am in need of help , lost or afraid

there he is......Like a Guide leading me to safety

My brother is super- kind, a generous spirit, 

funny and awesome..an amazing artist too!

And as an "Older Brother" he is protective and powerful to me!

All the beloved men in my life seem to appear to me

.. as Tree Spirits

and often come through my paintings in this way!

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Although this doesn't look like my brother, the gentle spirit he carries does..

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I am the red bird,

The cardinal tucked safely in the tree..

there is a bluejay feather beside me

A symbol of Spirit

and a symbol of the Guide my brother is to me 

in the dreamworld and the waking world

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The red heart..

where my heart always remains

I seem to belong in the Forest

it is where I feel Home is.

* This painting is also a Nature Meditation..

I will share another time

Alot of my paintings are like

Symbolic Journeys you can travel into

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His face is adorned in twigs, feathers

and leaves of All colors..

he offers them to whoever he meets.

they each carry  a gift

and a message for you to recieve

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MEDITATION JOURNEY

Feel free to grab a feather or leaf...

The Forest-heart knows you and what is in your heart

 and will share with you whatever is most divine

In Canada, we have stunning maple trees..with magnificent gorgeous colors

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In this painting I also made sure to get the fall leaves, the colors

that both my nephew and neice told me they love

Reds and oranges and when orange is "just about" to turn!

So that is for them!

The leaves and acorns still need to be finished

I look forward to this piece being done!

WIP

Hope you enjoyed the Forest heart

He is painted in Acylics on a large canvas

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On the easel

Another Work in Progress

I met a new soul

he calls himself

The Rabbit Lord

what is a r-l?

I hope to find out!

he seems like a character in a new story I may write!

He has a whimsical grin about him..kind and gentle too.

A Giant acorn and oak leaves.

....and a Blood Red Moon

Also a King Hare..or Prince Hare

he seems to go well with

this old carved antique chair

Hope you enjoyed the R-L

he is done in watercolors mostly and acrylics

Hope to finish him soon!

Thankyou always for visiting

and adding your magic here

Victoria

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An added note:

THANKYOU everyone for such beautiful comments and sharings!

So appreciated, each comment adds a sparkle to my world!

The PPF community is fantastic and I so appreciate all the friendly visits and new friends!

Thankyou

Victoria

Awakening Autumn's Spirit

The Veil of Autumn

has opened

The Birth of Autumn's Spirit

is blooming..

I have awakened him from a dusty sleep

 in the deep earth

he tells me stories and secrets

of Beauty, of life and of transformation

of death and birth
of a new world

A wise spirit speaking to the leaves

 and shifting the earth in colors

of light to dark

from amber to ash

till it is time once again

to rest

and go to sleep

Autumn's Veil shall close

and I too shall disappear

inside the beautiful magic

weaving me

into Winter's breath

Awaken the Magic

of Autumn's Veil

Listen to the Wisdom of Nature's Spirit

Speaking through the Ancient Trees

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Victoria

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Thankyou everyone for Visiting

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Happy Thanksgiving

to all my kindred Canadians

and Wishing you all Blessings, Abundance and Magic

to one and all.

Victoria

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This Painting was done on a large panel/ board

painted Acrylics

and finished off

with a touch of watercolor pencils and

random strokes of prisma color pencils

atop his beard and leaves