From the darker side of Jessica Galbreth's Enchanted Art come twelve deliciously wicked ladies of the night. The intoxicating collection of 2004 includes images that conjure the archetype of the witch, dark goddess, dark angel, vampire, dragon keeper, stalker, gothic faery and mistress of wolves.
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"Jessica sees magic and it flows from her fingers into hearts like music..." -- Gavangar ShadowRanger
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As the full moon rises to her nightly
throne, the children of the night
awake to weave their web of dark
enchantments. Come, follow the
dark path which winds through
twisted trees and shadowy hollows,
to a secret place filled with the rich
and strange magick of the night....
throne, the children of the night
awake to weave their web of dark
enchantments. Come, follow the
dark path which winds through
twisted trees and shadowy hollows,
to a secret place filled with the rich
and strange magick of the night....
ABOUT NIGHT MAGICK...
Notes from the artist Jessica Galbreth...
In early 2002, I began discussions with Seventh House Publishing to create new art for a wall calendar. Though I had been painting enchanted art for several years and selling it professionally, I had only begun to explore the darker side to my artwork. I quickly found that my darker works (for example, Gothic Faery & Black Magick) were the most popular. So, when Seventh House Publishing suggested we go this route and delve into the darker side of my enchanted art, I was thrilled. I set out to work on new paintings that celebrated dark enchantment and the magick of the night.
After completing several brand new paintings for the calendar, we were ready to go to print. It was hard to keep the paintings under lock and key because I was so excited to share them with the world. But, I was patient since I wanted this calendar to be a great success. Due for release in late 2003, my 2004 calendar went off to be professionally printed, with full bleeds on glorious, lush paper. Seventh House spared no expense in getting the best quality calendar to present to the public. I heard from the publisher in early summer, that our calendar...now called 'A Little Night Magick' ~ the darker side of Jessica Galbreth's enchanted art ~, was being picked up by many retailers and large book distributors. This was the news I was hoping for! Now, with plans slated for a 2005 Night Magick calendar as well, I am truly enjoying the exploration of my darker dreams and fantasies as I create an array of new dark beauties for next year's calendar
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A Calendar of Dark Beauty,
By Boudica (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Little Night Magick 2004 (Calendar)
This is a calendar, not a book. This is a beautifully rendered calendar, featuring the art of Jessica Galbreth, and contains a few bits that were unexpected extras.It is a calendar, containing what we usually expect in a calendar... moon phases, major holidays, the dates (and times in EST) of the equinoxes and solstices, it also features the wonderful artwork of Jessica Galbreth. I became familiar with Ms. Galbreth's work a couple of years ago, and in cooperation with the artist, featured some of her work on one of our websites. She has a way with the feminine figure, seductive and sultry, and some of her works are colorful and imaginative while others are dark and mysterious. Her female compositions honor Deity, fairy folk and the Witch in all of us. This calendar, as described in the title, explores a lot of her works done mainly in black and white, with the female figure softly enhanced in flesh tones and subtle colors that makes her stand out from the rest of the composition (as in September's "Autumn Enchantress"). The play on the words "Darker Side" also comes from her compositions, where the female figure can be almost gothic in appearance (as in February's "Gothic Faery", or November's "Dragon Keeper"), or a or a creature of the night (as in January's "Mistress of Wolves" or in June's "Vampire"). She also includes the dark mysterious (as in October's "Black Magick"). The one strikingly different piece is August's Bastet, with its rich reds and rusts as background to the Goddess in a traditional white Egyptian dress and a dark black cat. Bolder strokes, radiance and energy single out this work, as though Ms. Galbreth wanted that Deity to stand out amongst her other calendar pages. Each face is alluring, each pose is striking and you can see the strength of Ms. Galbreth's talent exhibited in this calendar. The added bonus is the first page of the calendar, where Ms. Galbreth shares with us how she creates her paintings. She lays out a step by step illustration of a work in progress and it is interesting to see how an artist goes from inspiration to illustration. If you like the mystical, the magical and the dark, this calendar with present you with 12 months of visual enjoyment while serving the most practical of uses: keeping track of the coming year.
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This review is from: A Little Night Magick 2004 (Calendar)
'Sometimes the only escape from the ordinary is to desire the darkness just a little bit more than we were told is healthy. Beyond the edge...we may find that we finally belong...'Jessica Galbreth is one of my favorite artists and I have enjoyed having this 2004 calendar up on my wall this year, just above my computer, and plan on buying her 2005 calendar as well. I just hope its as bountiful as this one is. Under every image a poem or quote, like the one I posted above, accompanies it, accentuating the prints and identifying with their meanings. There's, of course, a different picture for every month and they include her darker, more gothic-looking ladies, such as *Mistress Of Wolves (January); *Gothic Faery (February); *The Witching Hour (March); Arachne (April); *Raven (May); Vampire (June); Stalker (July); Bastet (August); Autumn Enchantment (September); *Black Magick (October); Dragon Keeper (November); and Nyx (December). If you'd like to see what those color drawings look like, copy and paste this address to your web browser to be taken to her website of otherworldly splendors... http://www.enchanted-art.com/
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