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Lady
Bitterwind's artwork is created from re-used and recycled items of all
types, as well as newly sculpted, painted, or crafted pieces, expressing
her belief in the importance of recycling.
To facilitate this, Lady Bitterwind acquires items of all sorts to
incorporate into her work.
Left: Lady Bitterwind stands next to her work "The
Corn Comes to all Who Wait",
depicting the corn harvest, on display at the Town and Country Art Show,
Vermilion County, Illinois. |
Each artwork includes a feather, glass or metal item, shell, and a bit
of real or faux fur, to represent the four Elements.
The fur used in Lady Bitterwind's pieces is recycled from old jackets,
hats, or rugs.
Below: Lady Bitterwind proudly displays a best-of-catagory blue ribbon,
won at the Town and Country Art Show.
Right: A piece of Lady
Bitterwind's artwork created as a donation to the children's section of
the Town and Country Art Show.
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Left:
A wall hanging featuring a fanciful dragon, flowers, and other elements
on a macrame base, hanging upon Lady Bitterwind's porch to be
photographed.
Above: A small artwork
featuring a deer and a tiger in symbolic balance, representing the
cycles of nature. This piece was also created specifically as a donation
for the children's section of the Town and Country Art fair. |
Above: Rev. Becci Penry
(center) formerly of PURE Sanctuary Temple holds the sign created by
Lady Bitterwind for Rev. Becci's Spirit Lore store. Also shown are First
Priestess Lady Krystel (left) and Janice Romack (right).
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Lady Bitterwind poses with a display of
some of her smaller artworks during a recent exhibition of her work at
the Danville Public Library.
Shown are "All Gods Broken
and Useless" which illustrates how
human conceptions of Deity become outmoded by time if they are allowed
to become limiting, and "Trapped by Treasure" a portrait of
the late John Lewis, illustrating how the attainment of what we perceive
to be our desires can sometimes imprison us.
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A closer view of "All
Gods Broken and Useless"
displayed at Awakenings Bookstore in Danville, Illinois. The work
features a broken statue of a Meso-American Deity together with a number
of other elements and illustrates the idea that ideas of Divinity are
based upon human understanding, and can become outmoded as we grow if we
allow them to become limiting rather than allowing them to grow with us. |
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Lady
Bitterwind has long been known for her two-dimensional artworks,
especially her black and white illustrations.
Only very recently has she ventured into three-dimensional sculpture and
multi-media work.
Lady Bitterwind likes to describe her work as "Arrangement"
and considers the philosophic meaning of the pieces to be the most
important part of the work.
In
another photo from the Library exhibition, Lady Bitterwind poses with a
ritual staff and a wall hanging entitled "Fur on fur, heartache on
heartache" which illustrates the role of death and regeneration in
Nature and in life. |
Lady
Bitterwind also creates artistic ritual objects including wands, talking
sticks, dream catchers, and dreamweavers. Many of these are used in the
ceremonies of the Correll Mother Temple, and in events sponsored by the
Witan Council or Council of Elders.
At
right is a picture of Lady Bitterwind with her personal Dreamweaver.
This was one of a set of four Dreamweavers created by Lady Bitterwind
and distributed between herself and three other high ranking Correllian
High Priestesses. The Dreamweavers were meant to be used as a group to
channel and focus manifestational energies.
Lady Bitterwind's personal Dreamweaver, which s allied to the East and
new beginnings, has been used as a Poteau Mitan in several Lustration
rituals as well. |
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Left:
"Death Shall
have No Dominion"
inspired by the famous poem, illustrates the joyful immortality of the
Soul and the spirits transcendence over earthly cares.
Above: The companion piece
illustrates life arising in the midst of Death, and the symbiotic
relationship of the two. Both pieces are on permanent display in the
Correll Mother Temple in Hoopeston, Illinois. |
A portion of an aquatic
mural from Lady Bitterwind's home. Lady
Bitterwind painted these murals over twenty years ago.
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