Soul Song Arts is now an active website. On it Syke Bethel and I have created a unique pairing of art and astrology. Our intention is to offer a vision of each life that comes to us that encourages their Soul's Song.

Pisces, mysterious water sign. Neptune rules.

 Newest in the Astrological Series.

I was featured this week on Artsyshark.com. Very cool! lots of interest! Check it out!
http://www.artsyshark.com/2013/01/09/featured-artist-michelle-powell/

Also finished the first Astrology drawing. This month is Capricorn. I had a beautiful child to model with her pet goat. Hope you like it.

Soul Song Portraits

My latest endeavors are a unique blending of Spirit guidance, individual expression and fine art. The rich world of symbols and archetypes are accessed through the medium of astrology and other mystic traditions to create a personal visual journey portrait, birth chart. Soul Song Portraits began as I have journeyed into visionary artwork with a strong background in healing energy work and a desire to marry the two.

 

      The Illustrated Wheel here is Marie's Scorpio with symbols from her life, notes from the reading, her Totem animal, Moonstone ring and the OM.The portrait above is for Marie, beautiful Scorpio lady. It incorporates her sun, moon and ascendant symbols, the language of flowers, her love of Vedic chanting & Yoga and the elements predominant in her chart.  I am very excited about this new direction and pray it will serve light and life for the people who receive one.

New commisions

First female Clerk of the Court to be immortalized for the County of Orange and first female artist to be commisioned to paint a retiring Official! i think that is signifigant! Linda Timmons is her name and she is so proud she wore that wonderful red suit. She will definitely stand out from the crowd. This photo will be replaced by a better one when it hits my website. I just wanted to share!

Medic Encounter

We went to the library today. Its a small town cozy affair with people who know you and friendly new faces. We met a man who served in Afghanistan- was a medic for 14 years; a battlefield medic! He came home and cannot use all his experience to help in a VA hospital or for the local rescue squad. What is the matter with this picture? A highly trained military person cannot do what he's trained to do because he doesn't have a degree from a civillian college? That is criminal! What do we expect for these folks to do? It would be so simple to legislate accrediation or at least let them test out of a given professional degree. How dare we, as a collective, not grant them their proper due? The government ought to be ashamed of themselves!

New painitng is a book cover

Hello all! I have just completed a new painting for a civil war novel cover. "A War between the States" is a play on words because the protagonist is a woman impersonating a man as a soldier. It did happen far more than people realize! Kellie Doyle is the author and she spent over four years in the research and writing of this wonderful story. I am so pleased she loves the cover!

The next painting is a gunea rooster named Jessie, of all things! Should be fun.