Dawn Holliday


    Gender: Female
    Location: England
    Height: 5'4"
    About Me: I am a 23 year old self-representing artist, selling my art nationally and internationally, currently through my ebay shop. I paint mostly in watercolour and acrylic but do love oils when I get a chance. I paint enchanted and magical beings such as unicorns, faeries, mermaids, winged rabbits and deer. It seemed to happen almost over night. I think the subject matter chose me, rather than the other way around ;)

    I am also a spiritual person, on an endless soul-searching, truth seeking journey. I want more than anything to bring hope, joy, magic and beauty into the lives of those who come into contact with me and my art. I feel deep down that I am here to help make the world a better place...
    Music: Muse, Radiohead, Ocean Colour Scene, Travis, Within Temptation, Coldplay, Damien Rice, Bat For Lashes, Martin Grech, Loreena Mckennit, Enya and many more.. Anything that speaks to me, be it with melody lyrics or just that certain something...
    Movies: The Last Unicorn, Legend, Moulin Rouge, Watership Down, Black Beauty, The Lord Of the Rings, Harry Potter...
    Books: Almost anything fantasy or metaphysical, I'm also enjoying reading about space, dimensions and superstrings in 'The Elegant Universe'
    Likes: Dappled light, rainbows, bunnies, gentle spring rain, ominous storms, the wind in my hair, the echo of a clear blue sky, bluebells, willow trees, moments in time that stand still, fateful meetings, gatherings by firelight, lanterns, watering cans, glitter, irridescant wings, moonlit water, gentle blue seas with rockpools, birdsong, being held, snowflakes, does eye's, morning dewdrops, autumn sun, half-formed whispers, portals, that balmy, dusky summer evening smell, eternal love...

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    An Introduction to Dawn

    Thursday, May 1, 2008, 10:25 AM EST [General]


     

     

    This will be my very first blog here at Enchanted Folk! I was sent a message through myspace about this site and was intruiged so I decided to come along and play :) It's about time somebody made a sight like this especially for us folks intune with the unseen and magical.


    I guess I should really introduce myself properly. My name is Dawn Holliday, it's a name I've grown to love and be thankful for over my 21 years of being in this body. I began my journey as a self representing artist in May 2006 (Much to my college teachers dismay I refused to go to university.) It was one of the most challenging years of my life, as soon after my father passed away at 40 yrs old. I wont deny that overcoming that has not been easy and I'm still not quite there yet. But having my art and ambitions to inspire and motivate me has helped immensly. A huge thank you is in order to Jonny my partner who has been my rock and has supported me so much.

    Well life is beginning to look much sunnier again and I have many things planned for my art. I also hope to begin my children's book involving Moon Bunnies, some characters that somehow found their way into my mind. The large picture is white Moon Bunny with the wings of a lunar moth, one of the rarer kind! Much more common are the black ones with feathered wings.

    As for my art, it has always been there. I can't really remember a time when I wasn't putting my feelings down into pictures. I'd like to think my art often carries raw honest emotion, innocence of heart and magic, all the things a child seems to born with yet we tend to forget along the way. I'm determined not to forget.. not only that but to remind others.. The world is as you see it. Some see it as harsh, full of pain and mundane routines. Of course life can be that if that is what you make it. But when I look with my heart and soul I see such endless and awe inspiring beauty, sometimes in smallest or seemingly insignificant of things. I see things that move when you're not looking. I hear the utterings of nature and the universe. I feel time unravel and reveal ancient mysteries. I know the truth of love and that all else is our own illusion, but one we chose non the less. Remember that you can choose differently at any time :)

     

    Always in love,

    Dawn

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    Hey, you have beautiful work and such a talent.
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    Phillipa
    November 09, 2009
    04:41 AM EST

    Hi Dawn,



    Faery blessings! I just wanted to say that I love your beautiful artwork, I adore unicorns and your images of them are simply gorgeous. But most of all I absolutely love Moon Bunny! I hope you do really well with your art on eBay, and with your charity listings :o)



    I also love your poems, they've inspired me to go and dig out all the ones I wrote a few years ago - watch this space! ;o)



    Blessed be,
    Louise x

    Louise
    July 07, 2008
    05:40 PM EST

    Thank you so much Dawn. I like to make poems that have layers of meaning. Oh and I love your paintings, those unicorns are so beautiful!



    Faery Kisses and Blessing to you :)



    Uvarys



    The Magenta Child

    Uvarys
    June 17, 2008
    01:20 AM EST

    Faery Kisses and Blessings to you ^^ Thanks for wanting to be my friend :)



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    Uvarys
    June 11, 2008
    06:54 AM EST

    Thank you, Dawn! And we will not be on the Festival. Maybe next year...



    Caprice

    Caprice
    June 04, 2008
    04:51 PM EST

    Thankyou very much for your kind words.These little furballs are my happiness.

    Lainie
    June 04, 2008
    02:19 PM EST

    Beautiful photos and lovely art :)

    Faerie Blessings

    Sarah :)

    Sarah
    June 03, 2008
    01:20 PM EST

    Your art is beautiful. I could see you like watership down too. I watched and cried to it all the time as a kid. I love unicorns too and had a large, gorgeous poster of one on my wall. I use to look at it all the time dreaming I was in its world and he would carry me off to a distant land. It gave me a lot of inspiration. I am sure your art will invoke the same feelings in someone else when it is on their wall too. Love and light ;-)

    Donna
    May 06, 2008
    04:25 AM EST

    "The unseen and the magical", I couldn't have put it better myself, we appreciate what you say dear Dawn & for joining our EF community. It is wonderful to see your beautiful art, I've loved wandering around your gallery, Autumn Enchantment is my favourite! I'm so sorry you've had such sadness this past year, your courage & words are greatly inspiring - thank you for not forgetting - you are an old soul indeed & we're honoured to have your company & wisdom here, you truly live in the magic...

    Big smiles (& waves to the Moon Bunnies too;)

    Be
    May 03, 2008
    10:57 AM EST

    thank you so much that really means alot to me. and so do you!

    Bright blessings!

    Lara
    May 02, 2008
    02:36 PM EST

    Your paintings are so enchanting.

    Thank you

    xxx

    lesley
    May 01, 2008
    08:21 PM EST

    Hi Dawn,

    Thank you so much!

    I'm glad to see you're settling in well & the rest of your artwork is beautiful too!

    Faerie Blessings,

    Amanda
    May 01, 2008
    02:59 PM EST

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