Firebird in the Trees Canvas Print

This is part of my firebird series of fantasy art pieces.

In this piece, a firebird is flying in a monochromatic purple wood. There are embers falling from him to the ground, but the ground does not light on fire.

Traditionally, the firebird represents deep transformation, a new life, and regeneration. It can represent healing too, just because of the regeneration. The firebird also represents longevity, a bird that lives many lives in one life.

For me it has represented my life in large degree, all of it starting in 2013, and coming to a head in 2019, an incredible banner year for me, when I started the series. It was a time I felt like a new person, starting a new life, and it has been a new life in so many ways, going through the pandemic with a whole new set of people in my life, a time of personal growth and enlightenment of so many issues, and exploring in a way that I was never able to before.

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I have a bachelor's degree in Studio Art and a masters degree in Art Education. I used to be an art teacher and taught grades K - 12. In order to teach art in the public schools, I needed to learn a lot of mediums. I have carried this into my art studio as well, painting in one area of the studio and making altered digital photographs in another part of the studio. My primary mediums are painting, drawing, digital art, illustrations, cartoons, hand thrown pottery and relief sculpture. If you see pottery in my photographic work, it is my own hand-thrown piece. I have shown my work in galleries and through juried shows at art centers and museums. Some notables include The Delaware Art Museum, Haverford Center of the Arts,...