Fuchsia Shamanka

This title was chosen because she is a shaman woman living in the future. This powerful and otherworldly priestess gazes down and knowingly at the viewer, her slightly glowing clothing seems to be lit from the inside. Light-Beings surround her, and an unseen fire warms the underside of her face. Could she be my great great great great granddaughter? By painting her portrait am I crossing time? Does she already exist and that is why I already knew what she looked like? These are questions that give me goosebumps and it’s what makes painting so thrilling.Finished in late 2018, this was the first of the tall narrow portraits that are finger paintings with brush painting on the skin. The garment was inspired by looking at draped fabric I constructed in the studio out of pieces of my older work. The model appeared in my life serendipitously, cosmic forces helped connect us. I loved how her features looked a touch Egyptian, chiseled, and a blend of races. For me this painting is a scene from