More Witchipoo

(See post below for Michele Witchipoo's version of The Three of Swords.) In the past, I've posted links to Michele Witchipoo's art on my blog Women of Esoterica. I copied and pasted from those posts, here they are:

 Just sharing a link to a blog I like: Michele Witchipoo, cartoonist, artist, blogger and would be misanthrope. I can relate.

Psycho Bunny Deals With The Heat Artist Michele Witchipoo's blog: here's her latest Psycho Bunny (love it):Psycho Bunny Makes More Than A Poker Face at WitchesBrewPress's Blog


Michele Witchipoo, artist and blogger, has done a nice thing. She's put up her artwork (shown on left) on Cafe Press. Proceeds go to benefit the victims (which is all living things, all of us) of the spill.

Related items: it seems mermaid imagery is becoming an iconic symbol in this surreal madness caused by BP, one that denotes the real-yet-unreal-is this-really-happening-hopeless-helpless situation.

See related posts on my blog Octopus Confessional: The Secret Sun: 17, the Green Sun and the Deepwater Horizon,
Mermaid Synchronicity, The Secret Sun, and The BP Oil Spill
(Update) More Mermaid Synchronicity and Symbolism as Icon of BP Madness
Mermaid Synchronicity

Artist Michele Witchipoo: Three of Swords

Three of Swords, Artist, Michele Witchipoo

Michele Witchipoo is an artist; comic books, creator of Psycho Bunny,

and more. She recently shared her version of The Three of Swords, minor arcana Tarot. I like it; if there's a deck coming from Witchipoo, I'm going to order it!


Visit her site; she has lots of artwork and you can order Psycho Bunny, among others, as well as commission art work.

UFO-Mary: Deviant Moon Tarot: Ace of Wands as Madonna Figure

Ace of Wands, Deviant Moon tarot, Patrick Valenza, artist

I just bought myself the Deviant Moon Tarot deck, and am very glad I did. It's even more beautiful and weirdly wonderful than expected. Here's one card that really stood out for me: the Ace of Wands. I wrote more about this on my blog UFO Mary:UFO-Mary: Deviant Moon Tarot: Ace of Wands as Madonna Figure

Patrick Valenza's Deviant Moon Tarot

Deviant Moon Tarot, Patrick Valenza, artist

I love this deck! Feeling the need to acquire a new deck, I went searching on-line for one I liked. A few spoke to me to varying degrees, but Patrick Valenza's The Deviant Moon Tarot is one I just love. Here's a brief description of the deck from the Aeclectic Tarot site:

It's [Deviant Moon Tarot] inspired by (and incorporates) images of cemetaries and mental asylums, and designed to illuminate deeper parts of the subsconscious. The talented illustrator [Patrick Valenza] is also a tarot student, and the deck is the result of three years of artistic work.

It's a bit odd choosing a deck without being able to handle it first, but I'm going with my intuition on this one. I read a few reviews on Amazon; one related how they appreciate the art very much but it's "too dark" for their personal taste. I can see that, though for me, it doesn't seem that way. Choosing a Tarot or Oracle deck is so very personal. For example, I like the idea of the Mermaid deck, (Tarot of Mermaids) loving mermaids, but found the actual deck rather creepy. As much as I wanted to buy into that deck, I just couldn't. I found it too gloomy and negative for my use.

Art of Nate Wragg

Just discovered a blog new to me, via I Love the Yeti blog: artist Nate Wragg, who does wonderful retro type (to my eye) illustrations of things Yeti, and more. . . check it out.

Low Brow Tarot Deck

Several surreal artists and their interpretations of various Tarot cards; really beautiful and amazing work! Thanks to Boing Boing where you'll find more info and link.

Art Cards on ETSY

 The Ghost Sheep of France, no.1 in series, mixed media on 3x5 card stock

Inspired by Richelle Hawks, who sells her handmade cards and jewelry on ETSY, I thought I'd give it a try as well. I used to sell vintage books on ebay and amazon.com (including a self-published book on Bigfoot!) I'm finding I have literally hundreds of books in the back room; no organization at all. I'm getting there. So on my Venusian23 shop on Etsy you'll find books and original art cards.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/venusian23

The art card (ACEO) shown is the first in a series. Other series to come:

• Octopus Confessional Series
• Episodes From The Journey Of The Orange Orb
• Haunted Visits

That's what I have planned so far, but I expect to have more soon.

I like Etsy over eBay and amazon because it seems more personal and allows for individual and unique items; a nice place for artists who do their own self-expressive thing and less commercial and chaotic than eBay, etc.