Giant Birds: Thunderbirds, Piasa Bird, Pterodactyls

 

Lots of unverified supposed vintage photos of thunderbird captures by army corp engineers and cowboys have been passed around the internet for decades, but did such a creature really exist?

Creepy Mysteries in the Desert Southwest

Red Ghost

The American Southwest is romantic to some and brutal to others. This fantastic beautiful and yet deadly combination has brought rise to an array of cryptids and creepy legends. Here's just some - 

Thunderbird Sightings

Thunderbird is a term adopted from Native American culture. It has become a popular catch-all term for all giant flying birds seen by people that are of unexplained origins.  In the Native culture, this was a symbol of a supernatural bird with special powers. 

Pterodactyls: Are There Still Dinosaurs in the Sky?

People today report seeing pterodactyls. Is it a trick of the eye as we are viewing flying creatures from a distance or is there something highly unexpected still flying in our skies?

Amazing Dogman and Other Encounters: Cryptid Witness and Archivist: Kirk Stokes

Repeated themes in history through legends and popular drama, writings and movies, has to make one wonder about a kernel of truth. Cynocephaly (dog-shaped heads) have been reported for thousands of years, whole tribes of these people. Yet, today, we seem surprised to hear they ever existed.

One man, Kirk Stokes, is perhaps one of the most prolific witnesses and archivists of these beings. And his forays into the Kentucky wilderness and his ability to accurately and clearly account for his encounters, makes what he has to say all the more riveting.

Oil paintings!

I decided five years ago that I wasn't going to try to live a perfect life, but instead an interesting one. 

When you decide your life will be interesting, something happens - you quit labeling things "win" and "lose" "good" and "bad" and you start looking at the complexity, the texture, the flavor, the range of experiences. 

An interesting life involves not taking the path, but blazing a trail. 

Lately, I've been doing a collection of paintings to add to my Etsy shop and I have updated the look of the shop to suit my work. 



I am hoping to focus purely on the way I see the world with my synesthetic, psychic, colorful, and child-like style. 

My paintings are about sky and what it does to everything beneath it. I hope to take people into my vision through a series of paintings. After all, the one time we realize we are part of a world is when we look up at the ceiling of sky overhead and know that it goes on forever....

Some of my art will be stylish and fashion-forward, perhaps some portraits, but the vast majority will be sky and sea or rural settings; moments of utter beauty in locations we can all relate to having been at some time. 

I am in the process of finishing a bunch of paintings right now.

This one I did for me

This 2 x 4 painting I am doing for myself

"Crash" is about halfway done

"Rural Route" is just started - 

much more to come

Portrait so far - just begun - 

These mystical-themed paintings are available in my Etsy Shop MADAM CURIO- 

"Thor's Quest" (ghost ship)

"Thunderbird"

"Bronwynn the Mermaid"

"Adahy the Bigfoot" 

The shop features a bunch of ghost mirrors - like these -

Some unusual art collectibles - like these - 

Abby the Abandoned Mannequin

"Crow Eater" scarecrow head - 

ready to go on a pole

There are lots of other interesting finds in the shop and I do mean to showcase all kinds of art, even painted onto objects and such. It will expand to include more nature items and sea-inspired work. I am evolving as an artist, but I have a good sense of who I am and what I love. 

Thanks to all who support my efforts by cheering me on and helping me chase my dream of bringing all my facets together - including research, the unexplained, the wonders of the world and its beauty, nature, and life coaching. I have a feeling it comes together somehow, but for now I'm just plugging away at all my obsessions.

I promise to update from time to time. 

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