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Greetings. I love telling the stories behind my paintings. Some of them are more interesting than others but since they are all my “children” and they each have some history to them. For those of you just being introduced here I am an artist and a psychic empath. I have embodied each of these for as long as I remember. My parents fed me a steady supply of crayons and paper in order to keep me quiet. And I was hooked, And from as early as I can remember I had clairvoyant dreams as well as knowing what those around me were thinking. I just didn’t understand why other people didn’t see the same things as I did. Or “know” the same things I could instantly feel about people or situations. My painting became my “medicine” in that it was the place I could always go to to feel connected or grounded. Their was a lot of trauma that went on in my household growing up so I went as far away as I could and pulled out my art supplies to escape into my own world. It always worked and was the place that was comfortable and safe.

That’s just a bit of background info for you . Now I’d like to tell you about this painting I call “Magic Carpet”. It is a 9″ x 12″ watercolor that was purchased by a couple in the UK after seeing it on my website. By the way, I love seeing where my “children” end up and I like that this one flew over the ocean.

I’ve always loved the concept of magic carpets as a device that could take one far away into the fantasy of one’s own creation. In this way we are free to create the destination or leave it up to chance. I’m not sure which I like the best! Surprises are always fun.. In this image we see the couple ready to go off on their journey together, experiencing the magic of the unknown in a joint venture. In the first draft of the painting I had painted one of the figures with their arm pointing up to one of the stars. But I didn’t like the way it looked anatomically. It just wasn’t right for the painting. I had to paint it out which is very difficult to do with watercolors. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. Fortunately in this case it did. I included the cat because it was there to hold down the fort while they went off to play. I have 4 cats of my own and that is how I feel about them when I go off on my work trips. The shape of the earth below them is rounded to suggest that they may be leaving the planet. I used soft colors to create a feeling of levity in the mood of the piece.

By the time you read this Valentines Day will have passed but I hope it found you with the love that you want in your life and if not, the vision of the love that you would like to call in.

Until next month, Melissa

You can visit my website at www.melissaharris.com to see more of my art and to purchase prints, cards, candles and many other gift items.

More About Melissa Harris:
Melissa Harris holds an MFA and BFA in Painting and was awarded a Fulbright grant to study painting in Paris. CREATRIX is her company featuring her artwork and messages on notecards, prints, and other gift items. Her work can also be found on book, magazine and CD covers as well as calendars. Watch for her new affirmation deck called “Goddess on the Go” soon to be released. She teaches art-making workshops at spiritual centers throughout the US and at her home studio. Melissa finds her inspiration in nature, travel, personal relationships, and dreams. Series include butterflies, women and magic, women and nature, women and dreams, cycles of the moon, intimacy, and more. According to Melissa, “Whatever my subject matter is, I like it to have a certain edge whether compositional or emotional. I like to think that a key word for my work could be “depth”, depth of space and depth of emotion.” More info at: www.melissaharris.com

Listen to Melissa’s interview with Kala on The Explore Your Spirit with Kala Show here: http://exploreyourspirit.com/Media/shows3.shtml#CREATIX

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