Art With a Touch of Whimsy: Wings of Gold

Friday, February 13, 2009

Wings of Gold

This angel was painted on a beveled edge wooden board. I used acrylics. Then I added wings of gold that I had made with a heavy card stock that I covered with tissue paper and painted gold. I like the dimensional look in person, the photo does not show that. She has a gloss protective finish.

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Jennifer WilliamsFebruary 25, 2009 at 12:18 PM
I like how you added the wings. You can tell (slightly) in the pic it's dimensional. I bet the gold is even brighter in person!
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You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents, beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.