The Goddess in YOU
Posted by: Karisma on: March 21, 2011
There is a hidden Goddess in every woman, the Sleeping Beauty within. In our consumer society, so often we chase the outer beauty, sometimes completely ignoring the beauty within. Sometimes, we even go “to the other side”, without ever discovering, how beautiful, strong, precious we were. This is the purpose of this Goddess portraiture – to discover the Beauty within and bring it out - for you and everyone to see. This is very important – so important, that my clients even travel with their Goddess portraits. At these times of change, we need to be gently and frequently reminded of our inner beauty and learn to love ourselves.
How does the Goddess Portrait work?
It’s simple and therefore it is hard to explain. I was given this gift to be able to connect to the psyche, and especially to the Anima, and perceive the images she sends. I usually sit across my client, and we both go into a meditative state and concentrate on opening our hearts. Then my channel opens up, and I begin to perceive the messages from the client’s soul, especially the messages of the state of the feminine part of the soul, the Anima. Anima speaks and sends me images, and I sketch them. After this I make a painting, of the desirable size.
Here is the example of one of my Goddess Portraits, made for a friend of mine, what came through for her was the Native American Butterfly Goddess, the image of transformation. My friend has now moved to another country for 1 year, and took this piece with her. This painting, which expresses the essence of her Divine Feminine, is an endless source of inspiration and healing for her.
To order your unique Goddess portrait to be reminded of your eternal indwelling feminine beauty, please contact me.
To view my art, please go to www.karismartic.com
“The Goddess Come Back”
Posted by: Karisma on: April 16, 2010
“The Goddess Come Back” is the name of my art show that will travel around the world to manifest the Goddess energy. It has already kicked off in Austria (scroll down till “Nina Pap” ) in Oskar Kokoschka Museum. What is “Goddess Energy” anyway? What is the Goddess? It is not about seeing the Divine as a woman, as opposed to man; it is about the change in our understanding of the Divine. As we open our hearts for the “feminine” principles of love, compassion, feeling, we grow to understand, that there is no matter per se, there is only energy. And this energy that moves the world, sustains and creates, is called Love. Goddess=Love.
What is meant by “Goddess Come Back”? It is essentially, a come back to ourselves, the re-discovery of our souls. It is the opening of our heart center and re-uniting with the divinity within us. It is the abandonment of the Ego and understanding, that we are part of One, one unified field of Consciousness, one Matrix, Latin for “womb”, the word generated from “mater” (Latin for “Mother”). So we are part of the same Mother and come from the same cosmic womb.
Though there is only one Mater for us all, one Cosmic Creator/Creatrix, we have different faces of the Goddess to express cosmic ideas. Such as a terrifying image of Kali, slaying the demons. Who are these demons? they are but inside of us, the thought forms and belief systems that keep us in illusion of our separation from the divine source – such as fear, doubt, belief in scarcity and animosity. Belief,that we are separate from the Divine is our biggest foe.
What is the cosmic idea behind Hindu Goddess Lakshmi? She is the Goddess of Beauty, Love and Abundance. She is to help us abandon the belief in lack and scarcity, and bring us the understanding that limitless abundance of the Universe… “there is enough for everyone”.
Kwan Yin, (Kuan Yin, Quan Yin) – the Goddess of Mercy and Compassion, she stays close to Earth to teach us, her children the “Way” – to open our hearts and let the Love flow. She is holding the heart, which is burst open, like a lotus. She is resting majestically upon a lotus… the Dragon, symbol of her wisdom, coils under, as if to channel her energy down to Earth.
There will be more on the energy and meaning of the Goddesses. Stay tuned!
I send my Metta to all sentient beings in the Universe. May all beings be happy! Amen.
Archangel Gabriel, the Messenger
Posted by: Karisma on: November 26, 2009
Archangel Gabriel is the Messenger. Gabriel is one of my Guardian Angels, too. He has an amazingly soft loving energy, I love his love and I love to feel his wings. This painting is particularly special, it was painted in record time – less than a week, and it was painted in Casa Dom Inacio, Abadiania, Brazil. This is a holy place of healing, Love and Light.
I have painted this piece and while it was still wet, I took it to the Entity for blessing. I stood in the “good-bye line” and as far as I knew the Entity was Dr. Augusto. While I was standing there, I was praying for a sign and I made an eye contact with Dr. Augusto and he heard my prayer. When my turn came I kneeled before the Entity and he asked me who was that I painted. I answered that it was Archangel Gabriel. Then the Entity changed (later I found out it was Dr. Valdevino) and asked me again the same 
He looked at the picture for a while and then made comments – my overall representation of the angel was correct, only I had to change his face into more masculine countenance… (at that time Gabriel looked more feminine). Dr. Valdevino smiled the whole time he liked my painting and he said, “It was made with great Love”. I was deliriously happy after this and I could say easily this was one of the happiest moments in my life, for it was a recognition from the Spirit world that I was on the right track with my work and the Love that I want to manifest with my art is there. He blessed the piece and signed it (signature is vaguely detectable under the “eye” in the middle of the painting). Every time I look at the piece I get a big smile on my face and so even now as I right these words, I am grinning happily 
The Feather of Maat
Posted by: Karisma on: March 31, 2009
Here is my latest magical piece, “The Feather of Maat”. I am working on a large canvas Isis/Osiris, featuring the whole drama of the myth. Of course there will be individual parts that will require lots of detailed work and attention. And naturally they require a lot of research into the historical Egypt, study of the symbology, as well as plain old skrying and trying to retrieve the information myself. Ha! it is a small piece and contrary to the popular opinion, those take as much work as the bigger ones… depending on how the artist works, of course. The strokes are smaller but it does not make the work faster!:)
I was pondering a lot how to express the beginning of the myth, while the Egyptian sources only share with us that Isis and Osiris where twin brother and sister among the five children of Geb and Nut. I wanted to show that they were twins and they were the complimentary energies, representing one truth, one order, one balance – bringing piece to Egypt by keeping “Maat”. “Maat” means all those things – truth, balance, order, and that was the mission of each Egyptian pharaoh, to keep “Maat” in Egypt. Difficult task indeed. So the challenge of Osiris by Seth (which will follow) means the clashing of the forces of Maat (Osiris) and Chaos, which Seth represents. Egyptian myths have so much depth and symbology, working on so many different levels from individual psyche up to the collective consciousness, and I personally relate to them very closely and always find a reflection in the alchemy of my very soul.
This piece is executed in oil and tempera, on canvas, with the use of golden leaf and sparkling powder. Please feel free to visit www.karismartic.com for further details. Though the piece is no longer available, it was immediately purchased by a collector from the Eternal City, but don’s dispair the saga of Isis and Osiris will continue under my brush… or perhaps you find something else that speaks to you on my website.
Temperance
Posted by: Karisma on: March 26, 2009
Right on the day of spring Equinox, I finished my “Temperance” piece, the result of my contemplation on unity and duality, thesis and anti-thesis.
Unity could and should be accomplished, as in the soul, so in the world, too: Yin and Yang, masculine and feminine, Sun and Moon, water and fire, night and day, everything can be reconciled. The duality and separation are only an illusion. Temperance comes from the Latin word temperare, which means to temper, “mingle in due proportion”… and indeed, it is this right proportion, that can blend and unite the contending forces and create a beautiful harmony… Isn’t that a good message to the world, which is leaning so much in one direction?
This painting is very alchemical; you can even relate it closely to the “Temperance” Tarot Trump. Reconciling of the opposites is possible, but only with ultimate patience and moderation.
The characters in my painting are Selkie (representing Water) and Fire-bird (obviously, for Fire)… There is a right amount of force applied between the two, so neither does the Selkie completely drown the Firebird, nor she is combustive enough to evaporate him away. They blend together and form a whirlpool of energy. Working on this piece was part of my deep psyche work and it lasted over a year, and finally it is finished.
Selkies are mythological seal shape-shifters, they can drop their skins on the shores and turn human; Firebird is a mythical shape-shifter from Russian mythology, she can turn from a bird into a fiery woman … so I blend not only the energies but also the characters from two cultures quite distant from each other.
The size of the painting is 80×100 cm, medium is oil on canvas, gold leaf, and lots of sparkling powder. To further inquire about the piece, please go to www.karismartic.com
The Creatrix
Posted by: Karisma on: January 21, 2009
The Creatrix
I am excited about my new piece, “The Creatrix”; this is the trans-galactic, metaphysical, physical, spiritual and mundane, divine, every-day like, occult as well as apparent, esoteric and exoteric, abstract and concrete – the quintessential Divine Feminine, the Goddess! This piece was created upon my return from Abadiania, Brazil. I was there at the wonderful healing center Casa de Dom Inacio, working with Spirits and connecting to the Source. It was wonderful… check out http://www.johnofgod.com/
This painting is full of Love of the Divine for each of us. I felt such strong connection to the Goddess there, in Abadiania and also this experience helped me to realise and really feel that God is in each of us and we are in this world on a divine mission. And the mission is simple – to co-create with God, and to be happy. When we are happy, doing our soul’s calling, God is happy, because he operates through the living creatures. It may sound profane, but it is just what it is – God is everywhere and in everything and in everyone.
“The Creatrix” is 150×100 cm, oil on canvas, with gold and silver leaf appications as well as my favorite Swarovski crystals. She is full of healing energy of Abadiania, and in that sense is a true talisman of healing and Light.
Check the full description of “The Creatrix” on www.karismartic.com
Mo-o-o-o-o-dern
Posted by: Karisma on: January 14, 2009
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Happy New Year! It is going to be the year of the Ox in a few days (by the way, my year ) so maybe it is due to this fact I find so many references to cows in outer reality. For example, in a word “modern” in reference to art. Everywhere I turn my ears, I hear “mo-o-o-o-odern”, sounds like a heard of cows, with a slight variations on “post-mo-o-o-o-odern” theme. What is “modern”, anyway? To me it means “contemporary”, “fresh”, “new”… Is that art what we call modern, is it that new? It already has been a few decades… and the term “post-modern” sounds completely absurd. And what about what comes after that? “post-post modern”? So I am an artist, painting today, for my contemporaries (myself included). Am I making modern art?
I am including my latest couple of paintings, and asking the readers to tell me, what category does it fall into? I think it does not fall into any. I think real art is an eternal thing, it is never just “modern” or “post-modern”…
The first one is the beautiful Yemanja, the Patroness of Brasil, the goddess of the sea and the moon. She is also closely related to Nossa Senhora Aparecida, a dark Madonna of Brasil. They both have dark skin and are associated with water. And the mermaid on the right is your humble servant I painted this recently in Dec 2008, while in Abadiania, Brasil, at the healing center of Joao de Deus. The energy there is amazing and the painting was saturated with the healing Light of the place.
The second piece is Divine Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of Love and Beauty, and the patroness of arts. I feel very closely connected to her, she has been my inspiration for many years. This piece is 150×100 cm, oil on canvas with golden leaf ornamentation.
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Magical Art
Posted by: Karisma on: November 4, 2008
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This is my very first art blog ever! Exciting! I am going to dedicate it to my two most favorite subjects – Art and Magic. What do you get when you combine Art and Magic? You guessed right, Magical Art! Art essentially is magic; when we create, it is as if we become the co-creators with the Divine… creating our own unique universe. There are moments of a profound mystical revelation that come upon me when I open my mind and soul and let the energy of the Universe flow through me.Isn’t magic really an application of one’s will to mold the forces of Nature? Isn’t that the same we engage in when we paint or sculpt or use any other media for our creation? We can bind our heart’s desire into the image, and that image becomes a talisman. It becomes a trigger for our subconscious mind. It becomes a battery, it becomes a point of attraction for the Universal forces, harmonious with the subject of our magical artwork. Higher the force we invoke when creating our magical art, better the result would be… some sort of invocation of the Divine is compulsory when creating a magical piece of art. It need not be complicated: it can be a prayer, it can be an appeal to the Divine to assist with the task ahead. Some of you may already be experienced magicians with a ritual of their own which they may perform before creating their magical art.
I personally like to appeal to the creative force of the Universe, to the Divine Feminine, which for me is the Egyptian Goddess Isis, the Goddess of magic AND of art (they are the same). So… I simply say “Isis is all things and all things are Isis” and try to bring her powerful creative energy from beyond the aethyrs, into the crown of my head and let it flow through all my chakras; as the energy reaches each chakra, I vibrate the name of Isis. I see it as a blue scintillating Light, and as the light hits the chakra, with each vibration I feel the chakra grow bigger and brighter. I try to charge up my chakras as much as possible and then, when I feel that the power is sufficient, and I could not hold it anymore, I let it burst out of my hands into the canvas… Of course it is better to have an idea of what would you like to paint. To have a sketch is advisable…
The Priestess of Isis
I am not going to get into a great detail on how to make a piece of magical art. Not now. Instead I am going to spread it out in a few blogs, and if you are interested in how to create your personal,magical, talismanic work of art – subscribe and check in regularly! There are many exciting ways to do it and the results can be life-changing!
Naturally, I am going to share the magical art I am working on. Actually right now I am working on this huge piece, 150x100cm, oil on canvas with gold and silver leaf. It depicts the Goddess, it is kind of a mixture of maybe two or more goddesses – Isis and Maria, and also Sophia of the Gnostics. It conveys somewhat the idea behind the tarot trump “The World”.
Please also have a look at my earlier pieces in line with the subject of Isis, the patroness of art and magic. “Isis, the Mighty Mother”. That piece was actually exhibited in Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien The Art Academy of Vienna, Austria ( I live in Austria). It was a part of a common project and the subject was the resurrection of the works of art that disappeared during the WWII… and only the short descriptions remained. However we were open to interpret them however we wanted. The piece I was to resurrect was by Domenico Puligo, a Renaissance Italian painter of Florentine school. The subject itself was “Madonna with child” and what I came up was something like this piece, which I later called “Isis,the Mighty Mother“. It is made with a Venusian palette of old rose and turquoise blue and the crown of the Goddess is sprinkled with Swarovski crystals. I also used a lot of golden leaf (Sun) and silver leaf too, for the Moon and the decoration of her mermaid tail.
This other piece was made this summer, it is called “The Priestess of Isis”. Have you noticed I am an Isis fan? 
there should be a fan club. I shall start one! This painting is dedicated to the brave, enchanting, illusive, magical, beautiful, fascinating women who kept the flame of Isis cult burning from the time of Ancient Egypt to the modern day: the Priestesses of Isis. With the reign of Christianity, Isis worship went underground; the cult has become occult; once venerated priestesses have become mere witches in the public eye and ignorant burned them at stake. However they survived and they live on, reincarnating from one life to another, to keep the Isis flame burning on this plane for the benefit of humanity. I made this painting as a tribute to these women who are not celebrated enough, mentioned enough and through the retrospective of our historians, they hardly existed at all… the knowledge of them is so scarce.
Here I also used the combination of rose/turquoise oil paint on canvas, as well as I used golden leaf which I tend to use a lot. The Priestess, clutching the Ankh to her chest, stands in the middle of a giant lotus, which emerges from the torrid waters around. She seems to be so vulnerable, and fragile, however she is protected by the giant lotus petals closing around her (Isis will always take care of her own) and also she holds the key of power – the Ankh. The lotus flower is also very fiery looking, it was meant to allude to the stake that the priestesses, accused of witchcraft, were burned at. So though it seems that she is burned at stake and should be suffering, in reality she has all the knowledge, protection and power over the elements, symbolized by the Ankh she is holding. Despite multiple offers, “The Priestess of Isis” is not for sale at least for a while, until I express my passion for Isis in some new found way. However you can view almost all my magical art and easily make a purchase at www.karismartic.com
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Karisma
