Lady Bitterwind's Artwork
Correllian Arch Priestess Lady Bitterwind is well known as an artist in the Correllian and Witch School communities, and in the Vermilion County area of Illinois. Here are some examples of her work.
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: Templar Grand Deemstress Rev. Angela Munn receives a dreamcatcher created by Lady Bitterwind at the Lustration of the Ancestors for Year 16 Aq., hosted by Compassion League Temple
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.
Correllian Arch Priestess Lady Bitterwind is well known as an artist in the Correllian and Witch School communities, and in the Vermilion County area of Illinois. Here are some examples of her work.
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: Templar Grand Deemstress Rev. Angela Munn receives a dreamcatcher created by Lady Bitterwind at the Lustration of the Ancestors for Year 16 Aq., hosted by Compassion League Temple
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.
Above: At a display of her artwork at the Danville Public Library, 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.
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Above: Rev. Becci Penry (center) Founding Head 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 Blv. Janice Romack (right).
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Above: All Gods Broken and Useless" by Lady Bitterwind, 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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 Above: A small table top sculpture addressing one of Lady Bitterwind's favorite subjects, the cycle of Life and Death, Predator and Prey. Life, Lady Bitterwind holds, cannot exist without Death, and understanding the relationship between these to is essential to true spirituality.
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Above: One of the murals from Lady Bitterwind's former home. These murals were painted in the late '70s.
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 Above: 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.
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Above: A wall hanging featuring a fanciful dragon, flowers, and other elements on a macrame base, hanging upon Lady Bitterwind's porch to be photographed.
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 Above: This piece was created as a giveaway for the Danville Town and Country Art Show
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Above: "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 altar of the Mother Temple at the Elephant Building in Hoopeston, IL, as seen in Year 4 Aq. Behind the altar is Lady Bitterwind's "Big Wheels Turning" which portrays the cycles of existence as a series of interconnected wheels, with the idea that the balance between these wheels is what maintains existence as we know it.
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Above: The companion piece illustrates life arising in the midst of Death, and the symbiotic relationship of the two.
Above: Lady Bitterwind seen with a new artwork in Year 16 Aq.
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Above: Two more new pieces from Year 16 Aq.
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Above: Two smaller new pieces from Year 16 Aq.
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