I announced my new Etsy shop and my animal oracle art on Sunday morning to newsletter subscribers and must say I’m so honored to have sold over half of my original artwork in a few hours!
As a reader of my blog, I’m now sharing with you what remains for my original artwork inventory. I do plan on offering prints also, so if you see something you like, but missed out on the original I’ll be offering print versions soon.
To check out my original artwork on my website click the graphic above or click here. On my website page it will take you to my Etsy shop if you are interested in purchasing an original or prints coming soon.
As you know if you’ve been with me a while, I love, appreciate, and deeply respect animals and all the wisdom they offer to help us expand and grow. I have a feeling you do too!
I also enjoy the wisdom of oracles which can be almost anything in the world, really, but my favorite oracle by far is the Animal Kingdom and all the unique creatures within it—each with a teaching that never fails to help us along at different junctures of our life path.
So I’ve combined my love of animals, oracles, writing, and collage and also incorporated paint, gel pens, pastel chalks, paper, and dried flowers that surround Joyful Pause Cottage (and some found on my daily walks) and created what I’m calling: Animal Oracle Art.
Because animals are an opening to our hearts…
Some of these creations have been inspired by past encounters and/or connections with certain animals, and some more recent, while some I just felt called to create as a way to learn more about a particular animal.
Diving into a new medium has definitely been another opportunity for me to address and acknowledge my inner critic/inner child. Oh, the vulnerability!
But the animals were once again my guides to appreciating my shadow, calming my fears, and forging ahead despite this — and riding the tails (paws, wings & hooves) of teachings from the animals and the desire to continue to follow my heart.
What’s special about the original creations is that included when you purchase one is it comes with a written personalized inspirational oracle message. This means I will pull one oracle card from a deck of the many I have in my collection that I feel drawn to just for you, plus incorporate intuited wisdom of that animal into the message.
While the past twenty years of my life have been so much about connecting deeper with the animals and their wisdom, these past eighteen months I’ve found myself gravitating even more to their teachings. They have, and continue to bring me a great deal of comfort, understanding, and assurance that all that is happening in our world is for a higher purpose.
Connecting with that wisdom now through art and combining my love of writing and oracles, I hope you will enjoy this new offering I now share with you through my Etsy shop I’ve named:
Joyful Pause Cottage (inspired by PAWS that taught me to value slowing down, tuning into what matters, and following my heart…)
P.S. The other exciting project I’ve been working on is making my own animal oracle deck! I don’t have a title for it yet but have created 35 cards so far. It’s been so much fun! While I’ve much yet to create and write, I’ll soon be sharing some sneak peeks here and on Facebook and Instagram.
And now for September’s Animal Wisdom Oracle reading…
Just click here or on the graphic to watch…
XO
Barb
