Divaforever's Salon

Amazing Art By Manuel Nunez!!!

Manuel Nunez is one of my favorite artists of all time.  The picture here is called "Make Me Pure".  His art is inspired by women from the Bible.  I am the proud owner of two of his pieces of artwork called "Straight Is the Gate" and another one called "Eve".  His art work has a lot of symbolism in it.  For example, the gold leafing represents God's light.  There are frequently (dead) snakes in his artwork representing the triumph of good over Evil.   

You can view more of his artwork at www.kgallery.com

The Blessed Hope

"For in this earthly
body we do groan
waiting to be clothed
from heaven that
mortality may be
swallowed..."

Art For Sale On Etsy

I now have "From Hell", "Guardian Angel Gone" and "Dreams of St. Bridget" Listed on Etsy.

This is Amazing!

Have you ever seen that show on Sci Fi with John Edwards where he talks with people's deceased loved ones?  I found the most AMAZING psychic and had the most ACCURATE reading from a man named Chip Coffee this weekend!!!!! I am still reeling from some of the things he told me. Some of the things he was dead on (no pun intended) about were;

• My nosy, nitpicking mother....He said that even though she loves me, she is very overbearing. True.
• He said I had two children in the spirit world.  True.  I suffered 2 miscarriages.  He said that I was suffering a lot of guilt from it and I need to let it go. True again...
• He said that my grandmother is connected to me and watches over to me.  Out of all the people in my family that I have the strongest connection with that are deceased, my grandmother was the one I had the strongest connection with.  I have her pictures all over my house and have always felt like she is my guardian angel.
• He said my grandmother had a very distinctive laugh!  True!
• He said that one of my Aunt's names starts with a B (true - it is Betsey) and that her mother -my great Aunt (Mimi) watches over me too. 
• He came up with the name Edward..,but so far I haven't been able to locate a relative with that name yet...
• He asked if one of my children has a missing front tooth - My oldest son does! He also said that he has a cowlick too...True!
• He said that my oldest son is an old soul....
• He said that my financial problems would be resolved soon and not to worry about them...I hope!
• He said that my deceased cat Blackie is with my grandmother.....
• He also was correct about my grandfather passing from a circulation problem with his lower legs.  He had a leg amputated because of a blood clot before he passed.  Apparently he watches over me too!
• He said that I would suffer from a female type problem/problems in the future and I needed to deal with it and get it over with. Great...

His website is www.chipcoffey.com

I have a BUNCH of new art I have been working on this weekend but now my frickin' scanner is broken and I probably need to break down and buy a new one this weekend....sigh....I can't wait to post it though!!!

Adversity

“Adversity makes you dynamic. Adversity forces your eyes wide open. Adversity teaches you the meaning of patience. Adversity endows you with faith in yourself. Adversity opens the secret door through which you can see the ultimate future fulfilment of God’s Will.”

Incredible!

You are not going to believe the *CRAZY* week I have been having! I haven't had a good nights sleep in ages!

Craig Henderson's Art

Craig is a graphic designer that works at AirDefense with me....His art is truely incredible...

You can check it out at www.jassart.com

My Art

My art is my soul and my life...

It is my constant pain of being alone, wondering if I will be able to make the mortgage payment this month or not...  It is fleeting, small, brief glimpses of hope....It is watching my mother waste away from lung cancer...It is hugging my boys close to me and knowing that their love is real, It is my best friend Andrew telling me for the one millionith time his story about sitting next to the real "Fat Bastard" on an airplane when he came back from the U.K. ( He knows it makes me laugh everytime), It is my friend Jeff and his funny tales of his "nepharious" activities....It is looking at other artists work and going "aha!" and feeling something I can relate to....

My life is in all of my art...the pain, sadness, lonliness...the uncertainty and fear,  the hope and even faith...it's all there...It is beautiful because it is the truth. 

"From Hell"  Is a card about always looking over my shoulder...uncertainty

"Guardian Angel Gone"  Is about feeling abandoned by God.  When you have faith yet bad things happen to you over and over again....at some point you question your faith and wonder..

"Dreams of St. Bridget" is about faith....It is about letting God take care of you when you have nothing left...

"Mary Kelly"  Is again...about looking over my shoulder...and uncertainty..

Recent Art

Some of my recent art.....From Left to right "From Hell", "Mary Kelly" (Sold), "Dreams of St. Bridget", and "Guardian Angel Gone". 

I had to close up my Ebay shop due to my ex-boyfriend stalking me through Ebay!!!!  I am going to have to sell on Etsy now and wait a few months until (hopefully) the coast is clear before I start selling on Ebay again.  I have created a new Ebay account but am too afraid right now that he will find me through there.   

FOR REAL

I am reading a fabulous book "Letters To A Young Poet" by Rilke....

Here is an excerpt that struck me...

"  Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a foreign tongue"

It is hard to love the questions when I am faced with never ending heartbreak in my life.....My heart has been broken so many times I have lost count now.  It is continually being broken all the time it seems like...the misery seems to be neverending....

Garden Of Sad Dreamers

Garden Of Sad Dreamers

Black roses faint into the garden of Sad Dreamers, There are dangerous hopes, Fear is as strong as ever, But life...seems to fade, Seems to vanish slowly... Only sadness and tragedy live here, Into the garden of sad dreamers... Love can be born into one night, A star birth can take place in one minute, The Sun can forget to shine in a century... But the sad dreamer will always be left In its black lonely cradle! Two Black Swans signal another tragedy, A white swan sings, wishing death, The forgotten blessing... Elya Thorn