Jan’s love of Southwest landscape and Native American lore has greatly influenced her painting style and subjects. Spirit images are often emerging from the landscape, and symbolism is strengthened by her intense color.
View these four amazing mixed media paintings ~ North, East, South and West ~ of great intensity and symbolism. All four are avaialbe as cards.
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Visionary and Spiritual Card Series
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Weaving the Cosmos Card
card 4 x 10"
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In many Native traditions, Grandmother Spider weaves the delicate yet strong Web of Life. Some believe the sky to be a woven basket into which the stars were placed at the time of Creation. The warp threads move upward into Father Sky; the weft is the woven path of Stars, Sun, and Moon to shine down their Light and blessings upon us.
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Mother Earth Grieves
card 5x7"
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Solid as stone, yet fragile as She is, Mother Earth grieves for the loss of her Children, Be they human, animal, bird, fish, tree, plant, or insect.
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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‘Talavi’ Morning Singer
card 5x7"
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From deep within a Kiva, a blue Light filters down. Is that a Kachina ascending to welcome in the New Day?
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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“Emergence” Hopi Pot
card 5x7"
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From a Hopi pot ascend many Kachina Spirits to honor Taawa, the Sky Father.
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Chaco Grandmother Spirit
card 4x6"
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We feel your presence within
these Chaco walls.
Crescent moon and Pleiades shine down to you
telling that you are not forgotten.
Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, New Mexico
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Deer Spirits of Pueblo Bonito
card 4x6"
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O Ancient Ones, we can almost
hear the drumbeat,
the rattles, the jingle of deertoes, and your low chanting
as you honor and lure the deer
to your ancient hunting grounds.
Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, New Mexico
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Chaco Canyon Guardian II
card 4x6"
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Ancient walls and doorways
echo your ceremony and chants.
Your sacred pipe still sends Creator your prayers
and blessings. We honor your presence.
Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, New Mexico
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Bear Medicine over Chaco Canyon
card 4x6"
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O Great Bear, you bless
and watch over this sacred, ancient place. Your healing powers are
felt.
Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, New Mexico
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Ancient Ones of Tsankawi
of Bandelier,
you created this pot and these petroglyphs
which now emerge and bless this place.
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Corn Maiden of Bandelier
card 4x6"
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You watch over your canyon
where your many children once lived and worked
and played and held ceremony.
We are here now to honor your gifts.
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Deer Dancer of Bandelier
card 4x6"
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We hear the heartbeat drummed
as you emerge from the Kiva.
We honor your presence in this sacred canyon.
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Corn Maiden Grinding
card 4x6"
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Beneath ancient ruins of
Bandelier,
we sense your presence; we hear the grinding of your corn;
we honor you who once lived in this sacred canyon.
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Four Directions Card Series
In being “told” one day in a Kiva ceremony to “Paint the Four Directions,” Jan was not happy about being distracted from what she “thought” was her painting goal. The end results were four amazing mixed media paintings of great intensity and symbolism.
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North
Winter ~ Vision ~ Wisdom
card 4x6"
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In Hopi Legend, our Dreams, Visions, and Remembrance Of our True Nature are lovingly taken from us at Birth, And stored in the Crystal Land of the North. Here the Grandmothers and Grandfathers keep them safe. Until we are strong enough in the world to call them back to ourselves. Then each Vision Animal gently speaks to us of Who We Truly Are and releases our dreams through Crystals and Rainbow Light.
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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East
Spring ~ New Beginnings
card 4x6"
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Mother Earth gives birth
to the Sun in the form of Squash Blossom, Representing new life,
creativity, and fertility. Hummingbird tastes the sweet nectars
of Life, brings Joy to all, and pollinates the flower. The Rainbow
Sky is filled with Butterfly joy and transformation
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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South
~ Summer ~ Strength
~ Courage ~ Passion
card 4x6"
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Red Tail Hawk grasps the
fiery Sun of the South; Badger helps us gain strength and courage
to face our fears; Snake reminds us to shed old ways which no longer
serve us; Coyote tells us to bring humor and Light to all we do;
Ancients speak to us of our ancestry and connection to All there
is.
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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West
~ Fall ~ Going Within
card 4x6"
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As we release our darkness,
grief, and pain, Raven carries them on iridescent wings into the
Rainbow Light for transformation and renewal. In the Haida Legend,
Raven steals the sun To return it to the People so Life can prosper.
A package of eight cards sealed in plastic is available for $20.
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Butterfly Creations by Jan Wright
13602 Road 33.6 Mancos CO 81328
butterflyvisions.com
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Phone:
970-882-3130
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This page was last updated on:
Sunday,
August 21, 2005
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