A Gentle And Gracefulmessenger Mixed Media By Kathy S. Whitebear Copsey

Year:

Medium:

Mixed Media

Size - (USA):

24 W x 18 H x 0 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

61.0 W x 45.7 H x 0.0 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Animals

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

641708

PDF Copy:

Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

Original acrylic painting with texture mixed media on canvas, gallery wrap with painting around edges. Wired ready to hang. The deer is considered a symbol of peacefulness, gentleness, grace, strength, and often a messenger by many Native American tribes, often helping teach us lessons we need to learn. Often when we have been injured in some way or another, we are impatient and want the injury to heal immediately. But, so often this is not the case. Whether it be a physical injury or an emotional one, we must learn to be graceful while we wait for the inflammation to go down. Perhaps you’ve had a fight with someone close, or perhaps you injured something or broke a bone doing something you’ve done numerous times before. Our tendency is so often to try and rush right through the healing process. Sometimes we try to deny the injury exists, whether we hide how we’re feeling or just refusing to let the trauma keep us from working. But so many times we forget to realize there is a purpose in our injuries, even when we don’t immediately understand why. There are times while in the middle of working on a painting, something isn’t coming out the way I intended, but I have learned that I must trust the process and that the painting will come out exactly the way it’s supposed to. Sometimes, the message I am given with each piece does not always there immediately, and I must be patient while I wait for it to come. This is the same for anything in life. If we learn to have faith and listen, we will find that our ancestors are guiding us down the path we are meant to travel and things will end up the way they’re supposed to if we just trust this to be so. What you may have thought as an inconvenience preventing you from moving forwards, may actually be something guiding you back when you may have strayed from your path. Be gentle with others for they are also in need of healing, even when it’s not readily visible. Your injury can mend. Your heart can heal. Learn to forgive yourself, and learn to forgive others for things of the past. Take the time to find the tranquility within. Trust the process, your ancestors, and animal and spirit guides. And, know even if it’s taking longer than you think it should, if it’s meant to be, it will happen when it’s supposed to.

Artwork Keywords:   Native American, Native, Indian, Deer, Snow, Painting, Nature, Wildlife, Animal, Original, Original Mixed Media

Materials:   Mixed Media