The artist highlighted this tarotart-cast is Bernice Bing. Bing’s medium was paint and her mode was color and tone.  Her paintings are big and bold. The viewer can see her fascination of the duality of light and dark, whether that was her landscape paintings or her later explorations of the unconscious world, Zen Buddhism and … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Jan 19 – Feb 1, 2025 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

Happy Gregorian New Year! The artist highlighted this tarotart-cast is Zarina.  She uses paper as her main medium.  She likened it to skin: “It can be stained, pierced and molded and it still has the capability of breathing and aging. It has a fragility and resilience.”   She used this pulpy instrument to express her travels … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Jan 5- 18, 2025 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

  Happy Solstice to all of you.  May the light shine on you, in you and with you. The artist highlighted this tarotart-cast is Mila Zemliakova, @milazemlia.   Mila’s anthropomorphic creations are pieced together from her and her family’s collection of textiles.  The artist shares that she sees this menagerie as an expression of “the connection … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Dec 15-31, 2024 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

Happy Birth-month Sagittarius.   The artist highlighted this art-cast is Mastura Abdul Rahman @mastura_abdul_rahman.  She is a multimedia artist and painter. To be forthright, Rahman’s account is in Malaysian, and I can’t not get my translator app to work on Instagram and Google is useless.  I would love to read what she says, and then convey … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Nov 17-30, 2024 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

Since we are still in Scorpio season and have already pondered death and transformation now let’s focus on its other realm, sex.  The artist is I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih.  Murni’s artistic style came from a traditional form of Balinese art, Pengosekan style, painting and batik.  She uses bold colors and strong lines to create … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Nov 3 – 16, 2024 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

Continuing with the spirit of Halloween and All Saints Day, the art this week is the ongoing series Mesmerizing Mesh by Haegue Yang  @yanghaegue.  Yang is well known for her 3-D collage sculptures, but her spirit filled Flat Works pieces are on display at The Arts Club of Chicago until December 20th.  For the last … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Oct 20–Nov 2, 2024 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

It’s that time of the year again when I spotlight art that is eerie.  The art this week is the surrealist paintings of Tetsuya Ishida (石田 徹也).  Ishida exposes the pressure and anxieties of ordinary life in urban Japan. His paintings resonate with all of us how hard it can be to try to bear … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Oct 6-19, 2024 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

The artist this week is Estelle Chretien  @estelle_chretien.  Chretien’s work is playful while still being thought provoking.  She uses pillowcase as flags and makes a bed in a riverbed. She creates an oversized key ring in a field to get us to think about ownership of land.  Chretien plays with our internal and societal stories. … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Sept 22 – Oct 5, 2024 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

The artist, singer and inventor this week is Margaret Watts Hughes.  Hughes invented a device, the eidophone (from the Greek eido-to see and phone- voice/sound).  She found that with this device and powder, seeds or sand, she could see the geometrics of her voice and the notes themselves to create shapes.  Hughes called these voice-figures … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Sept 8-21, 2024 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more

The artist is Mary Delany.  She started later in life, at 73, collaging colored paper to make botanically accurate flowers. “Collage” is the technique and art form of gluing overlapping pieces of paper, fabric, or photographs to create a new image.  This technique started in China after they invented papermaking around 200 BCE.  And by … The post Tarot and Art-cast for Aug 25- Sept 7, 2024 appeared first on the fox and the tarot ..read more