The Calling Seasonal Mug
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Free Shipping on all US orders. Shipping internationally is entirely possible! Please CONTACT us for details.
All orders can take up to 10 business days for delivery, more during holidays.
These special holiday mugs are a limited series! There are only 5 of each design, so if you are called to hold a hot steamy mug of magic in your hands this season, don't delay!
Free Shipping on all US orders. Shipping internationally is entirely possible! Please CONTACT us for details.
All orders can take up to 10 business days for delivery, more during holidays.
These special holiday mugs are a limited series! There are only 5 of each design, so if you are called to hold a hot steamy mug of magic in your hands this season, don't delay!
THE CALLING
I imagined myself a Selkie when I was a little girl. In Scotland I spent hours looking for my sea family. I called to them in my mind, and they would always emerge with bobbing curiosity and those deep eyes you can fall into.
Years later, I worked at the Oban Seal and Marine Center on the West coast of Scotland. I was a visiting artist/intern, scrubbing tanks during the day and painting a giant mural of seals catching mackerel at night. I was 21, listening to Ani DiFranco on a boombox and painting seals, with mysterious cuttlefish and crabs and cod swimming in the watery glow of a darkened room next to me. We had three baby harbor seals we were rehabilitating for release, and as I lived in a flat on the property, I would make my morning tea and go sit by the pool. I literally had tea with the seals every morning.
This piece flows between being a painting and a drawing. There are new processes at work here and I am curious about this direction. There is a freedom in drawing for me that I don’t always feel in paint. It is that expressive line, that sensitivity of point to surface. I usually combine painting with drawing, though with this piece the scales are tipped to bring the seductive flow of water and fur.