Art Pendants!

I am very excited to unveil my newest creation: Art Pendants!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/6174316626/" title="Lucid Art Pendents by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Lucid Art Pendents" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6174316626_c57bcb766b.jpg" style="WIDTH: 430px; HEIGHT: 279px" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Yep...thats right, now you can wear my art 'round your neck if you so choose.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6174509050/" title="wearing my art pendant by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="wearing my art pendant" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6176/6174509050_f3d33d08e4.jpg" width="403" /></a><br />Here I am, proudly modeling one of the pendants on a ribbon necklace. I have 6 out of 40 listed in <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>my etsy shop</strong></a>, so stay tuned for more to come!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6174508950/" title="art pendant by Chelsea Rose by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="art pendant by Chelsea Rose" height="374" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6157/6174508950_bd942d736b.jpg" style="WIDTH: 407px; HEIGHT: 312px" width="500" /></a><br />A bit about the pendants:<br />These one of a kind necklaces feature an original piece of art by me or<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.dannyebruarts.blogspot.com/"><strong>Danny Ebru</strong></a> that has been sealed into a glass pendant using water resistant glaze and hung from an adjustable ribbon necklace.<br /><br />Here are the first three pendants featuring my art that we have listed in our etsy shop:<br /><br /><img height="385" src="http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.272984017.jpg" style="WIDTH: 278px; HEIGHT: 299px" width="282" /><br /><strong>Faery Masquerade Art Pendant</strong>- $10 see the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/82371895/faery-masquerade-art-pendant"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />"The art used in this necklace is an archival giclee print of Chelsea's original acrylic painting 'Masquerade Ball.' Let this pendant serve as a thing of beauty or work as a good luck charm of sorts, helping you tap into your personal mystery and self made magick. "<br /><br /><img height="601" src="http://img1.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.272976909.jpg" style="WIDTH: 337px; HEIGHT: 462px" width="420" /><br /><strong>Cat Goddess Bast Art Pendant</strong>- $10 see the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/82371073/cat-goddess-bast-art-pendant"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />"The art used in this necklace is an archival giclee print of Chelsea's original acrylic painting 'Bast, Keeper of the Meadow.'Let this pendant serve as a thing of beauty or work as a good luck charm of sorts, unleashing the stamina and power of your inner lioness. "<br /><br /><img height="446" src="http://img3.etsystatic.com/il_570xN.272983635.jpg" style="WIDTH: 397px; HEIGHT: 383px" width="401" /><br /><strong>Third Eye Goddess Art Pendant</strong>- $10 see the sale listing <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/82370503/third-eye-goddess-art-pendant?ref=v1_other_2"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br /><br />"Chelsea's drawing, 'Third Eye Goddess' used in this necklace is not a print but an original mini colored pencil illustration created for the sole purpose of turning your neck into an art gallery. Let this pendant serve as a thing of beauty or work as a good luck charm of sorts, stimulating your third eye, sharpening your perspective of this world and the ones in-between. "<br /><br />So, there you have it. Many more to be added into<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>our online shop</strong></a> in the next few weeks as i find time to take pictures and list the pendants( we have around 40 made!)<br />I cant wait to see what sort of response we get with them down at the <a href="http://www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com/"><strong>Portland Saturday Market</strong></a> this weekend. Wish us luck!<br /><br />Much love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Art Pendants!

I am very excited to unveil my newest creation: Art Pendants! Yep...thats right, now you can wear my art 'round your neck if you so choo...

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I won a heart! A true history about my love affair with art.

Look what I won! Look what I won!<br /><img height="856" src="http://greenwoman.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/orange2b.jpg" style="WIDTH: 358px; HEIGHT: 321px" width="780" /><br />Its a hand knit, embroidered and beaded heart charm stuffed full of good vibrations and witchy woman herbs made by my friend <a href="http://greenwoman.wordpress.com/"><strong>Michelle Simpkins AKA Greenwoman</strong></a>.<br />How did I win it? I entered into a <a href="http://greenwoman.wordpress.com/"><strong>writing contest</strong></a> Michelle was holding on her blog. To win I wrote and submitted a piece of writing about my love for my "vocational calling", art!<br />This is what I wrote:<br /><br /><em>For the most part art and love have been interchangeable labels to a single powerful force that’s continuously shaped my life. I know art had its influence over me before I was even born. Looking on the photos I have in my possession I feel as though I can almost recollect my mother down at the Venice Beach, CA boardwalk, her pregnant belly slightly altering the way she held her guitar on the streets as she played and sang the blues with her band. I can imagine the way the vibrations of her guitar penetrated her flesh to reach my budding form and how I must have danced in womb to the rhythms of her strumming and the glowing of her soul as she manifested her art.<br /><br />I was told that when I was no older than a few months, just big enough to sit in a high chair my mother would put a pencil in my hand and lay a paper on my tray and watch as I sat mesmerized for hours as my little hand created mark after mark on the paper. I am sure I was held captivated by these first few acts of creation, no matter how small of a squiggle they were because even back then I must have understood in some instinctual way that the marks were an exciting proof of my own existence and the existence of self made magic. This might have been the way I learned love for myself, life and the world around me.<br /><br />As I grew up I was surrounded by an eclectic mix of artist protectors who were also my mentors. Every day was Christmas in Venice beach, the home of my little world of worlds. I remember being constantly gifted presents of art supplies. Even though we didn’t have much money the means to do art was never obstructed. Art supplies was fished out of a dumpster just for me by Ralph the bum and delivered on my doorstep in the middle of the night with great care and ceremony, the half used nubs of the legendary Sunny Zorro’s oil pastels were routinely set aside and sealed in a cigar box just for me, and then there were the days I was gifted lessons of life and art by Chris Eve’s the wise kindly English painter man who also spoke of faery lore and the truth about Daddy Longlegs and their gentle nature. I was doted upon and cared for in this way by many, the exchange of art supplies and knowledge one and the same with their gift of love and devotion.<br /><br />Later on, in years of upheaval and transformation there were times I felt like life’s magic had been washed out or left behind. Finding myself lost in new places with different customs and bizarre senses of community lead me to begin to consider myself a stranger. That sense of self love and love of life that I had known throughout my younger years, even in times of severe adversity, had begun to fade. It wasn’t until I caught myself one day feverishly typing out a stream of consciousness prose instead of writing an English essay for high school that I finally began a dialogue with a part of myself I had feared lost. This communication lead me to the realization that one major part of my life was missing and that was the art. The moment I began to allow myself to paint, to draw, to write poetry again I felt that love seep back into my veins and slowly light up my world once again.<br /><br />To this day I use art as a life line, an anchor. Art is the great balancer of my life. I take vast comfort in the knowledge that I can make anywhere a healthy home so long as I bring my love, my art within me. I use art as a way to continue the exploration of myself and my place in the world. I use it as a way to explore folk lore, the human condition, and the intentions of the cosmos, my roots, my ancestors and their very real connection to the modern world, the person I am constantly becoming. I post my art online, show it in local art fairs and galleries and in this way I mean to share my manifestations of love, coxing my art out into the universe in hopes that they might touch an international, multi universal or maybe even a multi dimensional audience and have its small part in the knitting together of a great encompassing community. Art is where the heart is. So mote it be. </em><br /><em>----</em><br /><em></em><br />Writing the words above a couple weeks ago made me feel very thankful to the universe. I am so spoiled! But yes, very happy to love the life I lead and lead the life I love.<br />I cant wait to get my heart charm in the mail!<br /><br />In other news, this past weekend me and the little helper elves of Lucid Optic Lab have been super busy crafting art you can wear! Thats right, I have found a way to put my artwork into glass pendants and will be releasing a line of art necklaces in <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.etsy.com/"><strong>our etsy shop</strong></a> in the next few days, so keep your eyes pealed.<br /><br />Much love and light,<br />-Chelsea Rose

I won a heart! A true history about my love affair with art.

Look what I won! Look what I won! Its a hand knit, embroidered and beaded heart charm stuffed full of good vibrations and witchy woman herbs...

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Long weekend filled with artly goodness

I am feeling much refreshed after the 3 day weekend.<br />On Saturday <a href="http://www.dannyebruarts.blogspot.com/">Danny Ebru</a> and I did great selling our artwork down at <a href="http://www.portlandsaturdaymarket.com">the Portland Saturday Market</a>.<br />On Sunday I concentrated on adding a bit more color ideas to my current acrylic painting in the works. Here is a snapshot of my progress so far:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6118552206/" title="my art corner by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="my art corner" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6118552206_017404e08a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />Im still working out the colors and patterns of her dress. A portion of the original dress pattern that I marked out wasn't pleasing me so I whited out what I had and plan to start on it again soon.<br /><br />In addition to my painting project I also went outside into the field in front of our home and spent a half hour picking black berries from which I made a pie. I used a gluten/wheat free flour and honey instead of sugar and I am happy to report it turned out rather yummly indeed. Oh and baked some cornbread too!<br /><br />On Monday I slept in a bit, did some work around the home and then Danny and I settled back into our art studio and continued to work on our projects:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/6120317291/" title="Three Day Weekend by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Three Day Weekend" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6192/6120317291_c5d01fb2fa.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />Danny was working on hand painting a silkscreen of a six armed sri shiva...cant wait to see what comes of it!<br /><br />More artly goodness coming soon.<br /><br />Love and Light,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Long weekend filled with artly goodness

I am feeling much refreshed after the 3 day weekend. On Saturday Danny Ebru and I did great selling our artwork down at the Portland Saturd...

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Finished painting: Promise Of Healing and weekend pics of art vending

I feel a strong pull in my life right now centering around transformation. The winds of change have recently made me gut my art room and turn my dining room into my new working studio. At first I wasn't thrilled about the idea. Having a dedicated room for art had its perks: it was so much easier to make a big art mess and then have a room to hide it in when i needed a break. However it was too easy to forget about my art projects. Now that my creative work space is out in the open again i cant ignore my half finished paintings because they stare me in the face! Thus, since relocating my creative space i have noticed a sudden burst of productivity and I am thankful for it.<br /><br /><br /><br />I wanted to share my newly finished painting:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6092470495/" title="The Promise of Healing by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="The Promise of Healing" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6204/6092470495_4bc16a41e9.jpg" width="396"></a><br /><br />"The Promise of Healing"<br /><br />original acrylic painting by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />This painting is a reminder that often not fire/pain/destruction play a part in the healing process.<br /><br /><br /><br />In other news, its been a hot couple of weeks but we have been enjoying some fun and successful days down at the Portland Saturday Market sellin our art.<br /><br />Here are a few photos from this past weekend:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6092470453/" title="Portland Saturday Market Booth by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Portland Saturday Market Booth" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6206/6092470453_564b11b3dc.jpg" style="WIDTH: 422px; HEIGHT: 284px" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/6089214175/" title="Portland Saturday Market by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Portland Saturday Market" height="331" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6205/6089214175_0c3c9f7e56.jpg" style="WIDTH: 416px; HEIGHT: 286px" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />...Thats it for now folks. Stay tuned, im starting up a new mermaid painting!<br /><br />Love and Light,<br /><br />-Chelsea Rose<br /><br /><br /><br />

Finished painting: Promise Of Healing and weekend pics of art vending

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Birthday Excursion into the woods with paint

So, you may or may not have noticed that i have been rather quiet this month. Truth is its my Birthday month so i have been more introspective with my goals centering more so around relaxation and personal time. Yes, the art has suffered a bit...but I have managed to spend some time on my current <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5963266414/in/photostream"><strong>painting in the works</strong></a> and i am seriously about 20 mins away from finishing it! So i will be sharing photos of that soon.<br /><br /><br /><br />My 24th birthday was on Monday and i decided to take a few days off from work and get away from the city. So my better half and I ran off to the southern Oregon woods of wolf creek to visit with my big bro <a href="http://blog.randytooth.com/"><strong>Wonder in his most amazing patch of forest</strong></a>. We had a splendid time spent hangin out, swimin in fresh mountain water, eating yummy food, star gazing, story tellin and...painting!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6058413986/" title="Harpy's Golden egg - coop mural in wolf creek oregon by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Harpy's Golden egg - coop mural in wolf creek oregon" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6066/6058413986_a3ef48c16c.jpg" width="335" /></a><br /><br />Wonder and Tinker have a full attic of art supply goodies and they had the great idea to paint thier newly fashioned chicken coop. It was decided that I would paint a harpy laying a golden egg.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/6058413984/" title="Harpy's Golden egg - coop mural in wolf creek oregon by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Harpy's Golden egg - coop mural in wolf creek oregon" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6187/6058413984_092a38a9c8.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dannyebruarts.blogspot.com/"><strong>Danny</strong></a> helped out by painting a "GanEGGsha"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/6056052715/" title="chicken coop by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="chicken coop" height="321" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6088/6056052715_c153b9ba3d.jpg" width="500" /></a> See? its Ganesha holding golden eggs.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/6056052591/" title="painting the chicken coop by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="painting the chicken coop" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6086/6056052591_eebd63239b.jpg" width="249" /></a><br /><br />Here we all are during various stages of the creative process. Wonder was painting a eggy hobbit riddle that went something like "A box without hinges, keys or lid yet golden treasure inside is hid?"<br /><br /><br /><br />Anyhoo! I had a wonderful time and want to run away and live in the woods forever.<br /><br /><br /><br />More updates soon.<br /><br />Love and Light,<br /><br />-Chelsea Rose<br /><br /><br /><br />

Birthday Excursion into the woods with paint

So, you may or may not have noticed that i have been rather quiet this month. Truth is its my Birthday month so i have been more introspecti...

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Fae Guide finds a new home, art Vending and Etsy treasuries, Tie Dye SALE

Ello darlin friendlies and curious kindred souls from afar,<br />It is with bitter sweet( but mostly sweet!) joy that I announce selling my Fae Guide original acrylic painting:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5982983285/" title="Fae Guide- Sold! by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Fae Guide- Sold!" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6028/5982983285_d24b8d9103.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />My Faery Guide original acrylic painting has sold! I will miss her but I am so excited that she found such a wonderful new home. I am also so inspired by the support! Thank you Holli. Love and Light! According to Holli, she met the Faery Guide when I had her on display down at the Saturday Market...and just couldn't get her out of her thoughts so she decided to give her a new home! Holli says shes a faery fanatic like me and so my Faery guide will be right at home in her house full of various faerie paraphernalia :) Could not have worked out better.<br /><br />In other news, we had a lot of fun vending down at the Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st fair:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5986592439/" title="Last Thursday Art Walk On Alberta, July '11 by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Last Thursday Art Walk On Alberta, July '11" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5986592439_eb792443c6.jpg" width="377" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5974503715/" title="daisy chain dreadly updo by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="daisy chain dreadly updo" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/5974503715_90b4f7d17c.jpg" width="375" /></a><br />(photos by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab"><strong>Danny</strong></a> )<br />....It was an especially fun night because we were surounded by a couple of our local artist friends; <a href="http://www.jslattum.com/"><strong>Justin Slattum</strong></a><strong>, </strong><a href="http://www.jasminestar.net/"><strong>Jasmin Star</strong></a> and <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/andrew-zeutzius.html"><strong>Andrew Zeutzius</strong></a>. We set up our artwork next to each other taking up half a block so it felt like our own groovy lil art village! Looking forward to the next one.<br /><br />Also wanted to point out that we are in the 3rd and final week of our <strong>Tie Dye SALE</strong>!<br />Here are a couple items i would like to highlight:<br /><img height="571" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.134180789.jpg" style="WIDTH: 365px; HEIGHT: 423px" width="369" /><br />Ice Blue Vortex<br />tie dye tank top<br />cotton and stretch material combined to make a soft and stretchy fabric!<br />size: small<br />Bust comfortably fits anywhere from 28"-36"<br />a wonderful choice for spring and the summer!<br />Hand tie dyed with lots of love and on SUPER SALE. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/43852854/sale-ice-blue-vortex-tiedye-tank-top"><strong>Buy it now for only $10!</strong></a><br /><br />And if your as much of a fan of spirals as i am, youll really love this one:<br /><br /><img height="719" src="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_570xN.175968822.jpg" style="WIDTH: 363px; HEIGHT: 490px" width="367" /><br />Divine Blue Green Spiral tie dye<br />ON SALE! original price: $20, <strong>sale price$10!</strong><br />Check the sale listing out <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/56772447/sale-divine-blue-green-spiral-tie-dye"><strong>here</strong></a> for more info or to buy.<br /><br />And last but not least! I wanted to share with you an etsy treasury I curated using creations made only by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6458/pagan-team"><strong>the pagan etsy team</strong></a>.<br />Its a treasury called " Journey into the Realm of Faerie"<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5983535522/" title="Journey into the Realm of Faerie - an etsy treasury by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Journey into the Realm of Faerie - an etsy treasury" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6132/5983535522_04c65bca29.jpg" style="WIDTH: 408px; HEIGHT: 460px" width="466" /></a><br />Are you planning a journey of your own into the Realms of Faerie?<br />If so, take a look at the items i have chosen that should aid you on your trip nicely.<br /><br />Treasury includes:<br />Art, to assist your spirit in attuning to The Fae’s spiraling creative frequencies.<br /><br />Ritual tools, to facilitate your efforts in opening The Gate with respect /positive intention.<br /><br />Trinkets, offerings to the Fae Guides who await you beyond the veil.<br /><br />See it for yourself <a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTk2MDY0NXw1MDExNzA3MDc/journey-into-the-realm-of-faerie?ref=pr_treasury"><strong>here</strong></a>!<br /><br />Thats it for now folks.<br />Much love,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Fae Guide finds a new home, art Vending and Etsy treasuries, Tie Dye SALE

Ello darlin friendlies and curious kindred souls from afar, It is with bitter sweet( but mostly sweet!) joy that I announce selling my Fae G...

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Work in Progress photos, Fearless Ebru, Tie Dye SALE

Hello all,<br />So i am getting closer and closer with my current painting in the works. Here is a shot of what i have as of last night:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5963266414/" title="work in progress by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="work in progress" height="384" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5963266414_4e8c52ac0d.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />She is slowly comin along....everything is still pretty rough at this point. Hopefully i get to spend more time with her this sunday...paint paint paint!<br /><br />Check out Danny's new Ebru/Silkscreen creation:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5949850246/" title="fearlessness ebru by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="fearlessness ebru" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5949850246_8c00c0e1d3.jpg" width="339" /></a><br />Fearlessness<br />original handmade acrylic ebru(Turkish paper marbling) mono-print on kozo paper with 3 color buddha screen print. 12.5"x19" by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/lucidopticlab"><strong>Danny</strong></a>.<br /><br />And, YES! our <strong>Tie Dye Sale</strong> is still hoppin. Although, our items are finding new homes at a good rate so come check out our tie dye before its all gone. <strong>You cant beat $10 for hand tie dyed shirts and skirts.</strong> Made by us with lots of good vibes :)<br /><img height="682" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.129712969.jpg" style="WIDTH: 358px; HEIGHT: 456px" width="394" /><br />The shirt to this outfit has already sold but the dress is still available for $10<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/42545944/sale-midnight-purple-tie-dye-skirt"><strong>here</strong></a> or Check out our entire tie-dye sale collection <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LucidOpticLab?section_id=5977888"><strong>here</strong></a>.<br />(Pssst. Want to know a secret? You can get free shipping on your tie dye order if you enter the following coupon code in upon purchase: TieDyePower42 )<br /><br />I also just recently added a bunch more <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LucidOpticLab?section_id=5498941"><strong>art prints</strong></a> to our etsy shop:<a href="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.257783917.jpg"><br /><img height="604" src="http://ny-image1.etsy.com/il_570xN.257783917.jpg" style="WIDTH: 363px; HEIGHT: 435px" width="450" /></a><br />"Mermaid Dreams" original acrylic painting by Chelsea Rose<br />Now available as:<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/77986542/mermaid-dreams-giclee-stretched-canvas"><strong>12" x14" Giclee stretched canvas print</strong></a>(signed by artist)for $100<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/77986890/mermaid-dreams-giclee-poster?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>13"x19" giclee poster</strong></a> for $20.<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/77987226/mermaid-dreams-giclee-8x10-print?ref=v1_other_1"><strong>8"x10" giclee print</strong></a> for $15<br /><br /><img height="773" src="http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_570xN.258812323.jpg" style="WIDTH: 337px; HEIGHT: 532px" width="425" /><br />Strength Poster -handmade double layer acrylic ebru (aka - Turkish paper marbling) monoprint with Ganesha screen print on kozo paper.<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/78296591/ganesha-ebru-13x19-giclee-poster?utm_source=OpenGraph&utm_medium=PageTools&utm_campaign=Share"><strong>13" x 19"Fine art archival Giclee print poster</strong></a> for $20<br /><br /><br /><br />This weekend we will be down at <a href="http://portlandsaturdaymarket.com/"><strong>the Portland Saturday Market</strong></a> with a full booth of art.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5545184619/" title="Portland Saturday Market by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Portland Saturday Market" height="364" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5293/5545184619_e48a9d7878.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />We hope to see you down there in the summer sunshine.<br /><br />Many Blessings,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Work in Progress photos, Fearless Ebru, Tie Dye SALE

Hello all, So i am getting closer and closer with my current painting in the works. Here is a shot of what i have as of last night: She is s...

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Work In Progress photos and News

I started a new painting!<br />Goodness, it feels like its been forever.<br /><br />Here are a couple process shots on what I accomplished on Sunday before going down to the Sunday market to sling my art:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5924794922/" title="Work In Progress- acrylic painting by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Work In Progress- acrylic painting" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6004/5924794922_6905f71b57.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />Put down a bit of initial color to get a feel for the direction of the painting.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5332512460/" title="Bulb Goddess by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Bulb Goddess" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5167/5332512460_f70e13a486.jpg" width="408" /></a><br />Painting is based on this original pen and ink drawing of mine. The original title for the drawing was "Bulb Goddess." In the painting it would seem the intent has shifted a bit. See, the background is fiery representing pain yet the goddess is posed before it in meditative healing gesture- she will counterbalance the background with calm shades of green, blue and purple. Initially I had planned to put a charred burning Babylon city along the horizon line....but I am enjoying the background the way it is currently...but you never know, i just might make an attempt and see what it looks like.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5924085251/" title="Work In Progress- acrylic painting by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Work In Progress- acrylic painting" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6131/5924085251_639111a910.jpg" width="433" /></a><br />And here we are together, getting to know each other which is a very important part in the creative process :P<br /><br />In other news, over the weekend we took a break from the Portland Saturday Market and instead tried selling our art at the 10th annual Mississippi ave. street fair.<br />Here is a photo composite of our set up there:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5927645124/" title="Mississippi st. fair by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Mississippi st. fair" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6141/5927645124_69f9164146.jpg" width="392" /></a><br />The turn out for this street fair was massive, around 20,000 people! Oddly enough we did just about as good as we do at the Portland Saturday market. I was a bit bummed at a few moments when i realized that not having a way to accept credit cards had cost us around $300 in sales that day. So, yesterday i figured a way to remedy the issue. Apparently many art vendors have it set up so that they can take credit card payments through their smartphone through a device called "square up." Honestly I have desperately tried to resist the smartphone movement, but here we are I guess. I called my service provider who informed me I was due for an upgrade and that I could get the Pixi smartphone for free, and then download the software that will allow me to take credit card payments on the go. So, I should have the phone before this weekend and I am very interested to try it out and see if the new capabilities will improve sales.<br /><br />Anyhoo...thats enough talk about business.<br />I will be updating soon with new "work in progress" photos of my painting + some newly released images from my 1st Earth Goddess body art photoshoot.<br /><br />Much love and light,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Work In Progress photos and News

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More Strawberry Woman Body art photos + Rainbow Gathering snapshots

Summer feels to have finally blossomed!<br /><br />And I am slowly unfurling my new body art series centered on honoring and manifesting the "Earth Goddess."<br /><br />Here are two more shots from the first body paint/photoshoot of the series:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5907976740/" title="Odaemin The Strawberry Woman by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Odaemin The Strawberry Woman" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6036/5907976740_3c2a842cda.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />Odaemin the Strawberry Woman<br />(body art and photography by Chelsea Rose)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5907976728/" title="Odaemin the Strawberry Woman by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Odaemin the Strawberry Woman" height="357" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6025/5907976728_0e20e95fc6.jpg" style="WIDTH: 398px; HEIGHT: 267px" width="500" /></a><br />Odaemin the Strawberry Woman<br />(body art and photography by Chelsea Rose)<br /><br />...Very excited to share more with you from this shoot. Photographing my Goddesses in the woods is a fascinating experience because mother nature is constantly adding her artistic twist in each photo. I love the way she played with light in both of these captures. In the first she’s creating a enchanting waterfall of light that kisses my model's profile. In the second i love how mother nature lit up the third eye so dramatically. Cant wait to get outside for another body art shoot and do some more collaborating with the forces that be!<br /><br />In other news, we rocked a booth for Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta st. The first one that wasn’t rained out all year!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5905996014/" title="Last Thursday Art Walk on Alberta - June '11 by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Last Thursday Art Walk on Alberta - June '11" height="335" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5192/5905996014_c2d4638828.jpg" style="WIDTH: 410px; HEIGHT: 253px" width="500" /></a><br />(photo by <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.com/"><strong>danny</strong></a> )<br />And this coming weekend we will be selling art in our booth at the yearly <a href="http://www.mississippiave.com/index.cfm?pid=2434"><strong>Mississippi street fair</strong></a>. Come say hi if you can!<br /><br />However this past weekend was an amazingly beautiful experience. I went to the Rainbow Gathering in Washington. It was massive, and the quality of human interaction was profound. I made and met some wonderful friends and soul kin, and did a fair amount of body painting too!<br />Here are some photos:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5907249909/" title="Rainbow Gathering 2011 by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Rainbow Gathering 2011" height="500" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6002/5907249909_22d3e5d5eb.jpg" width="355" /></a><br />(photo by <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.com/"><strong>danny</strong></a> )<br />Here I am deep in the forest of Washington within the Rainbow. non stop smiles.<br />wearing my moms old jacket, which she wore to her first rainbow gathering back in 1982.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5907249827/" title="Rainbow Gathering 2011 by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Rainbow Gathering 2011" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5038/5907249827_b0e256d812.jpg" width="370" /></a><br />(photo by <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.com/"><strong>danny</strong></a> )<br />Not sure how it happened but the universe gifted me an amazingly random meeting of a long time artist friend from online. And now we are brother and sister of the rainbow!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5907249719/" title="Rainbow Gathering 2011 by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Rainbow Gathering 2011" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6058/5907249719_e6ea83f25c.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />(photo and words by <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.com/"><strong>danny</strong></a> )<br />"an eclectic group of people filled the forest of southern Washington by the thousands this July to celebrate the idea of peace and brotherhood. We ventured for about 2 hours to get there, which is nothing compared to those who drove in from all over the country. Every state had people there to represent their land. Our tent was set in the forest next to the base of some massive trees and right next to the African drum tent which held the rhythms till sunrise. We had tons of fun drumming, wandering, and making friends. "<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5907260287/" title="Rainbow gathering '11 by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Rainbow gathering '11" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/5907260287_86aeca84eb.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />(photo and words by <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.com/"><strong>danny</strong></a> )<br />"Sun rise on the large meadow at the gathering.<br />As the sun hit the field and warmed the earth a swirling steam rose up out of the ground, undulated over the clearing and gently woke the rainbow folk to a refreshing new day."<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5907260435/" title="Rainbow gathering '11 by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Rainbow gathering '11" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6046/5907260435_6696c81608.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />(photo and words by <a href="http://www.lucidopticlab.com/">danny</a> )<br />"an eclectic group of people filled the forest of southern Washington by the thousands this July to celebrate the idea of peace and brotherhood."<br /><br />....I really wish we could have stayed longer and made a true home of the gathering. But alas, work called us home early. I hope to gather for the next Rainbow, where ever it might land...and make a few weeks trip out of it. Yes yes!<br /><br />Feeling refreshed and charged with love and light!<br />Looking forward to the future.<br /><br />My "Goddess In All Of Us" series will be on display inside at <a href="http://inotherwords.org/events/library-grand-opening"><strong>In Other Words Feminist book store</strong></a> for the month of July. And here is a perfect reason to come check it out :<br /><img height="1461" src="http://inotherwords.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/LL-Grande-Opening1.jpg" style="WIDTH: 422px; HEIGHT: 548px" width="958" /><br /><br /><br />Blessings,<br />-Chelsea Rose

More Strawberry Woman Body art photos + Rainbow Gathering snapshots

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1st photos from my new Earth Goddess series and more

Hello Lovelies,<br />I have some great news!<br />On Sunday I finally began my new "Goddess In All Of Us" series called "Earth Goddess."<br />I have been waiting all winter and spring for the rain to finally let up so that I could take my painted Goddesses outdoors and photograph them meshed in the wilds of mother earth. And so it has begun! I am pacing myself, so for now I have posted two images from the shoot on Sunday, and here they are:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5886789732/" title="Odaemin, Strawberry Woman by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Odaemin, Strawberry Woman" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5886789732_8b4030a7bd.jpg" width="335" /></a><br />Odaemin the Strawberry Woman<br />body art and photography by Chelsea Rose<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5886789730/" title="Odaemin, Strawberry Woman by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Odaemin, Strawberry Woman" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5071/5886789730_1bbaca2d5e.jpg" width="393" /></a><br />Odaemin the Strawberry Woman<br />body art and photography by Chelsea Rose<br /><br />It was hard work but I think we had lots of fun. Studio photography, like the first series was, is SO much easier and controlled while shooting in the woods is anything but! Firstly we had to lug all of our photography and camp equipment out into woods that were secluded enough for a safe, relatively private day. Then we had to contend with the fickle moods of the sun, who continued to switch from searing sun to nice gray even overcast clouds, not to mention the onslaught of swarming insects. But despite the hardships....It felt sooooo good to do the body painting out doors.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5883817432/" title="body art in the woods by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="body art in the woods" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6038/5883817432_97717b6073.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5883817378/" title="body art in the woods by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="body art in the woods" height="335" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6014/5883817378_ebe6825f42.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />Look at all that dreamy green we got to hang out with!<br /><br />My model was a fascinating person to speak with and the 5 hours i took to paint her went by fast with all the great conversations we had. She is mixed Ojibway Native American and helped me come up with the title for her group of images: "Odaemin the Strawberry Woman." Firstly Odaemin in native laguage means heart berry. "Ode’min Giizis (pronounced o’DAY-min GHEE-zus) is the sixth moon of the Anishinaabe calendar. It marks the beginning of summer, the longest day of the year, and the harvest of the strawberry in June. The root word of ode’min is “ode”. “Ode” signifies the heart in Anishinaabemowin (the Anishinaabe language). As the strawberry resembles the shape and colour of the human heart, it also represents the sweetest and kindest of emotions that bring people together to feast and exchange ideas." And in Ojibway( Anishinabek) culture it is said that Odaemin was the name for their first shaman. Fascinating no? I think this all relates so well to the time of the shoot along with the feel of the photos.<br />I will be posting more finished photos from the shoot next week...so stay tuned! Cant wait to see where this Earth Goddess series takes me next...to the coast? to the desert? to the rain forest? to the swamp? And what Goddess will be next to be conjured up out of the body paint and energy collaboration between myself, my model and mother earth?<br /><br />In other news, I have been focusing a bit more energy on myself in these ways:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5870793834/" title="Looky what I got! by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Looky what I got!" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5870793834_f7725b4683.jpg" width="357" /></a><br />I got a new tattoo!<br />I designed it based on the dimensions of the Fibonacci or Golden spiral ( the spiral is representative of a ratio that is found in the growth cycle and life pattern of all living things. Philosophically it also stands as a symbol for the infinite as well as a portal that transcends boundaries of astral planes and multiple dimensions.) I embellished the sacred shape with spiraling leaves and a bud to create something akin to The Flower of Life.<br /><br />I also did some dready maintenance by redyeing my dreads with Henna. This revitalized the health of my scalp and turned me once more into a ginger. I then had my friend Queen Bead help me sew all my faerie wool dreads back in and viola:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5859166260/" title="Summer solstice dready update by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Summer solstice dready update" height="391" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/5859166260_74be026fd6.jpg" style="WIDTH: 415px; HEIGHT: 319px" width="500" /></a><br /><br />I also just recently had some blood work done and found out a few interesting things I had no idea about. I am anemic and allergic to gluten and yeast. So for the next three months i will be eating very differently from before. I have been a vegetarian(who ate fish) for 5 years..and i suppose its now time to start eating chicken again( as a way to get more iron.) And i love breads soooo much, but from now on i will have to stay away unless its some odd creation such as rice bread.<br /><br />So thats what i have been up to.<br /><br />Here is what is coming up on my agenda:<br /><br />Today is <a href="http://www.artonalberta.org/">Last Thursday Artwalk on Alberta street</a>! So we will be down there with a full booth of art for the event( set up around 20th-24th street i think.) Hope to see you there!<br /><br />For July I am having a solo show of my Goddess In All Of Us series at <a href="http://inotherwords.org/">In Other Words feminist bookstore</a> and library, right here in portland oregon. I dont have the opening date yet, but I will share once its chosen.<br /><br />....other plans are formulating but are probably to vague to begin listing off, so thats it for now!<br /><br />Phew...this is a lengthy entry isn’t it?<br />Hope your summer is shaping up wonderfully.<br /><br />Love and Light,<br />-Chelsea Rose

1st photos from my new Earth Goddess series and more

Hello Lovelies, I have some great news! On Sunday I finally began my new "Goddess In All Of Us" series called "Earth Goddess....

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Live Body Painting at Theoria Gallery and more!

Its been so long since my last post... rather shameful, I know. But I hope to make up for it by posting lots of photos today!<br /><br />On Saturday night I did a live body painting at the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Theoria-Collective-Informal-Lecture-and-Workshop-Space/219171678094789"><strong>Theoria Gallery</strong></a> in NE Portland Oregon. The event was an art opening with lots of live space gypsy music, fire dancers, jugglers...and I pitched in to the artly madness with some live body painting.<br />Here are some photos from the experience:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5803224682/" title="Ekstasius, The Bright by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Ekstasius, The Bright" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2583/5803224682_ae2bd6807b.jpg" width="412" /></a><br />(body painting by Chelsea Rose Rippel, Photography by Danny)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5802654663/" title="Ekstasius, The Bright by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Ekstasius, The Bright" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2479/5802654663_ffca0f2e62.jpg" width="351" /></a><br />(body painting by Chelsea Rose Rippel, Photography by Danny)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5803210868/" title="Ekstasius, The Bright by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Ekstasius, The Bright" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3636/5803210868_658ee56ae0.jpg" width="349" /></a><br />(body painting by Chelsea Rose Rippel, Photography by Danny)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5805261993/" title="Ekstasius, The Bright by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Ekstasius, The Bright" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3056/5805261993_5c1868ab82.jpg" width="349" /></a><br />(body painting by Chelsea Rose Rippel, Photography by Danny)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5805816572/" title="Ekstasius, The Bright by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Ekstasius, The Bright" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5034/5805816572_1070c2d1a0.jpg" width="358" /></a><br />(body painting by Chelsea Rose Rippel, Photography by Danny)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5805821762/" title="Ekstasius, The Bright by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Ekstasius, The Bright" height="336" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/5805821762_f563f7cd83.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />(body painting by Chelsea Rose Rippel, Photography by Danny)<br /><br />And some work in progress photos:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5805161553/" title="Live body painting @ Theoria Gallery by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Live body painting @ Theoria Gallery" height="339" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2473/5805161553_41d688503b.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidopticlab/5805721134/" title="Live body painting @ Theoria Gallery by Lucid Optic Lab, on Flickr"><img alt="Live body painting @ Theoria Gallery" height="332" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/5805721134_24f356285f.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />As seen here, I was painting just outside the gallery door. The gallery space within was quite small, cozy and full of wonderful art, atmosphere and people. Outside live music, fire dancers and jugglers whirled around us on the street. It was surreal, trippy and immense amounts of fun.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5802654519/" title="Live Body painting @ Theoria Gallery by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Live Body painting @ Theoria Gallery" height="500" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/5802654519_6c636f0136.jpg" width="358" /></a><br /><br /><br />.....And in other news:<br /><br />- I am very excited to share with you a story a friend of mine wrote based on this painting of mine:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5636578690/" title="Mistress and the Orb by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Mistress and the Orb" height="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5106/5636578690_7e3537a842.jpg" width="398" /></a><br />Michelle's short fiction story is called " I Hope You Make It." It is a wonderful story about healing....please do take a min to read <a href="http://greenwoman.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/first-sunday-short-fiction-i-hope-you-make-it/"><strong>here</strong></a>, you will feel brighter for it, I sure did :)<br /><br />-I am a proud parent of some beautiful Shitake mushrooms. Home grown and organic of course!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5802998662/" title="Shitake woman by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Shitake woman" height="385" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5301/5802998662_e36737220a.jpg" width="500" /></a><br />...using in home grow kits from <a href="http://www.fungi.com/"><strong>Fungi Perfecti</strong></a> !<br /><br />-And finally, two quick shots of my set up at last weekends Dark Arts craft fair inside The LoveCraft bar:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5802404855/" title="Dark Arts craft fair by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Dark Arts craft fair" height="500" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2442/5802404855_b4268f8958.jpg" width="335" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucidrose/5802404683/" title="Dark Arts craft fair by lucidRose, on Flickr"><img alt="Dark Arts craft fair" height="335" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2385/5802404683_52462e2fde.jpg" width="500" /></a><br /><br />....Thats all folks! Phew....had a lot to catch up on didn't I?<br />And its June already? How has your muse been treating you lately?<br /><br />Much love and blessings,<br />-Chelsea Rose

Live Body Painting at Theoria Gallery and more!

Its been so long since my last post... rather shameful, I know. But I hope to make up for it by posting lots of photos today! On Saturday ni...

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