Page 69 - The Westerner Magazine Halloween 2018
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HALLOWEEN the air itself is clear and crisp. I enjoy
living life in a Fairy Tale way. Through
INSPIRATION my artwork I bring these stories alive.
Sometimes I illustrate famous tales, and
sometimes I write my own. I will
by Judy Mastrangelo always retain my love for fantasy
literature and other art forms. Creating
fantasies in my paintings brings me
great joy. When I do a painting, I feel as
if I can actually walk into the scene that
I create and live there as long as I wish.
Many things inspire me to create. I find
this Autumn season to be very exciting.
It brings to my mind wonderful feelings
of imagination, which have been with
me since my youth. Halloween was one
of my favorite holidays, since we could
dress up in fanciful costumes and
“become” any Magical being we wished
to be. I find that putting myself in the My painting entitled “DOORWAY TO
mindset of looking at the world through FAIRYLAND” symbolizes my desire to
a child’s eyes is such a delightful search for that magic land in a secret
experience. It keeps you young and place. It also shows how, in my way, I’m
forever excited about the Magic of life. constantly searching for upliftment to a
spiritual world. I find this through my
The world is now changing into art. This painting is in my set of four
amazingly colorful landscape. The trees Kindle eBooks that I call “PORTAL TO
show their brilliantly colorful dress, and THE LAND OF FAE.” This particular
