#obscurepowers

//repost to clean up image quality//🌿🌱🌿 Solitude is the thing the lonely children know, at first as an unwelcome companion, but later as a benevolent strength. Solitude takes us by the hand, shows us secret places, brings us to a broad space wherein we can breathe and create. New worlds form as we begin to better understand our own by being at last truly part of it. From long hours resting in the arms of nature, owing nothing to anyone, and being given endless inspiration and joy with nothing asked in return besides our enjoyment: we begin to understand the essence of true, unconditional love. 🌱 Through solitude we discover that we are never truly alone, if we are looking closely! 🌿 Today is international #selfportraitday ! I don’t have any actual self portrait to post, but today’s painting is loosely based on me. We’re our own cheapest and best models! Click the link in my profile and join my mailing list if you want to be notified when new pieces come available! 💚🙏🏻 . . . #abbischellhase #starwonderart #naturelover🍃 #naturalartistry #publishersbinding #vintagebookcover #vintagebookcovers #greenart #beautifulbizarre #buttercups #indianafields #midwestart #oldfashionedart #obscurepowers #thepowerofsolitude #beautifulclouds☁️ #walkoutside #artnouveauart #artnouveau #artnouveaubooks #ranunculaceae #green #whiteflowers #earthlovers https://www.instagram.com/p/B4VdVZfjEo3/?igshid=po4m4lzf3kn4

Dear friends, Prepare for a wall of text! 🙃 For the past several months, I've been creating a new art series: a visual tribute to obscure powers often overlooked by a culture that rewards the loud and the ruthless. Among these obscure powers are Solitude, Nurture, Mourning, Observation, and Harmony. Initially, I didn't plan to finish Mourning first, but I think its release is timely. There are difficult things happening in the lives of virtually everyone I know. I am often weighed down by the sadness of the world, of death, of corruption. Yet I am slowly learning that the only way forward is through. I must mourn; I must give space and honor to mourning, and not push it aside. Mourning has the power to cleanse and bring transformation. In this illustration, Mara mourns alone; her solitude is part of her grief. But not too far behind her, a mourning dove is there with a call that gives her a bit of hope. The mourning dove was common where I grew up in the Midwest, and has remained one of my favorite birds. This seemed an appropriate place to include one. ✨ Thank you for reading this far! It makes me glad to know that the work I'm creating means something to others. I know it won't be for everyone, and that's all right. I'm deciding to focus my energy on what matters most to me. <3 Abbi . . . #starwonderart #abbischellhase #obscurepowers #fantasyillustration #pastelgothart #artnouveaulovers #artnouveaudesign #artnouveaustyle #publishersbinding #publishersbindings #artdecoratif #emotive_arts #fairytaleart #ethereal_moods #ethereal #femaleillustrators #romanticart #decorativeart #vintagebookcover #inspirationalart #illustratorsofig #beautifulbizarre #artofsofa #gentlenessisstrength #procreatedrawing #procreateartist #ipadprocreate #smallbusinesslove https://www.instagram.com/p/B1l6IzGDRTM/?igshid=53yi98gc2kw8