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Ilene Satala
Good Medicine Paintings
Celebrating the Divine Feminine
with Gratitude for Ilene Satala
and the Visionary Art Collective
Directions open how to View the Digital Show:
Click on this link:
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Click on this link to view the digital show:
https://www.conradsatala.com/celebrating-ilene/celebrating-ilene
Directions:
Open to primary page of ilene show at public library here in Fort Wayne
Click each image and you’ll get her description of the meaning of the painting
Turn return to major image and again for all images in this section
Next group of paintings is an addition to virtual show is here
Ilene satala other images
https://www.conradsatala.com/ilene-satala-other-paintings
First group of images no description until Goddess of Wine then starts descriptions
Ilene movies is next
https://www.conradsatala.com/ilene-movies
Short Films of ilene work
First taking one and animation of goddess of Nature painting our son created others
Ilene Writings About Art
Ilene Images as Good Medicine:
It is said that an image that you see registers in your brain faster than sound or language. It goes directly in and can linger, tumble about and influence what you think and what you are. That is why art is the most powerful medium you can open to.
For this reason I have created images that are deliberately meant to uplift, inspire and give you hope. My work, in short, is good medicine. I design my work principally for women. Because I am a woman I understand something of the pathways we can travel. These paths can be difficult and sometimes heart breaking, so we need lifting up. We need images that excite the eye, stimulate the brain and wake us up!
When you work with one of my images it is grounded in meaningful symbolism and dynamic color that delights and stimulates positivity. I have explored archeology and traveled in the cultures of the Americas. I understand the value of that which is seen and unseen. I embrace my spirituality as a women and I bring that philosophy into my work.
This is an invitation to travel with me as you look through my work. Let it open your heart and your Soul. Let yourself, as the American Indians say, enter a place where art becomes your good medicine. Let it take you to a place of hope, inspiration and love.
Ilene Artist Statement:
I am a painter and writer of the images of the sacred feminine
from the ancient past to the ancient future.
For many years I have had a passionate interest in mythology,
archeology, psychology, and anthropology. Since I was a child of
nine, I have thrown myself into the studies of Egyptian, Greek and
other worldly cultures. I have traveled to Central America,
studying both the ancient and modern Maya throughout Mexico
and Guatemala and Honduras.
I have stood in the remote sites of the Olmec’s , and have
studied and conducted tours of the Mother/Spider Goddess culture
of Teotihuacán near Mexico City. It has been my privilege to walk
in ancient ruins over two thousand years old and to climb to the top
of numerous heavenly pyramids.
It is my intent to bring my work up from the collective dream
or vision of humanity that is more than twenty thousand years old
and make it new, alive, vibrant and relevant to our time. I want to
capture the essence, the magic, if you will, of Sacred Feminine
stories and tell them in my own way in my art and writing.
I paint with jewel-like colors combined to dazzle the eye and
open the heart. I have been sustained by an intense interest in
ornamentation, symbolism, and cross-cultural designs. My
paintings are created to not just to be seen, but also to be felt.
It is my commitment to help women be empowered by this
remembrance of their feminine power and find deeper meaning in
their lives through my artist stories.
My work has been shown all over the United States. I have
taught art classes since 1990 working with hundreds of students
find their inner artist. I give lectures and workshops on the power
of creativity, story and the sacred feminine to transform women’s
lives.
In 2008, I was honored by the Tz’utujil Maya of Santiago
Atitlan, Guatemala, by being made a shaman. This high honor was
given to me for my commitment to the sacred feminine and my
work as an artist exploring the Mayan idea of the unseen world
through creativity.
Sophia and the Seven Goddesses
My talents continue to expand in finding new ways to express
myself. In 2008 I co-created an award-winning book for young
women writing and illustrated it. The book is called Sophia and the
Seven Goddesses. In it I create, through story, a way for young girls
to find a new identity based on inner strength and self acceptance.
It has received the Dove Seal of Approval from the Dove
Foundation in 2009
Also the 2009 Seal of Excellence from Creative Child Magazine
*Sophia and the Seven Goddesses can be purchased
through the book section of Amazon.com
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Ilene Satala Other Paintings
