About Me:I am a 21 year old self-representing artist, selling my art nationally and internationally, mostly online through my ebay shop. I paint mostly in watercolour and acrylic but do love oils when I get a chance. My favourite subject matter is Fantasy of course! Particularly unicorns.
I am the Eternal Artist, writer, lover, singer, observer, metaphysician, truth seeker, lie detecter, unicorn, fantasist, worrier, warrior, animal protecter/whisperer, best friend, listener, poet, romantic, swimmer, first light of morning, believer
Music:Muse, Radiohead, Ocean Colour Scene, Travis, Within Temptation, Evanescence, Coldplay, Damien Rice, Martin Grech, Enya and many more.. Anything that speaks to me, be it with melody lyrics or just that certain something...
Movies:The Last Unicorn, Legend, Labyrynth, Moulin Rouge, Ace Ventura When Nature Calls, Watership Down, Black Beauty, The Lord Of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Golden Compass and a few more...
TV:The Mighty Boosh, The IT Crowd.. etc
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...
I thought I might as wel post these here. The first was written to explain the way I was feeling at the end of 6th form, several years ago now.. I still feel like it was yesterday sometimes. The second is one I wrote during 6th form, I tried to write it slightly in the style of one of my favourite poets, William Blake. The last one is one of my first serious rhyming poems, written when was perhaps 16 or younger! I think it would work well as song lyrics rather than a poem...
To a friend
It started not so long ago , this foolish, looming fear it lurks in every laughing face and ambushes, from a friend's embrace
The present slips from within my grasp the harder the struggle, the quicker its past Each moment lasts forever, I say so why must memories fade away?
The dark, when it comes, shivers inside, and performs its work in spite
But for these fearful feelings, to within me reside I must have known beautiful light...
This incandescent thought alone keeps me from too much pain, and all the fateful seeds we've sewn ensure we meet again...
The Sorrow of Darkness
I gaze out at the world, So still in the dark. No sound to be heard, From the cuckoo or lark.
The shafts of moonlight Pieirce an ocean of sky So absent of life Seems the world where I lie.
The earth heaves a sigh, Of sorrow and of pain. Those who watch her die, Have closed their eyes again.
The earth and I do weep tonight, For all who feel alone. "The sorrow of darkness fills everyone," cries the wind's lamenting moan.
But there in the midst of the gloom, In this land of greyscale and sleep, Is a light that shines from a room, And my soul can no longer weep.
For it shines tonight, For all those unsure, And man and the earth, Need not be at war...
Push Them All Back..
I don't know where to go I don't know what to say I don't know what to do To make these promblems go away
Block it all out Push it all back White is white
And black is black
And if they knew the things i know If we all knew the way to go If we for once could open our minds Heaven knows what we might find
But we block it all out Push it all back White is white And black is black
Pointless battles continue the circle Read between the lines, There's a lot that we can learn Imperfection is now perfection And all the while we're told, that it's none of our concern
They say "block it all out Push it all back White is white And Black is Black"
You may choose to ignore it You may realise the truth You may see the only way out But you may not have the 'proof'
It may sem all hope is lost, when you know deep down it's not No matter what the cost, we'll sabatage their plot We use our secret weapon, to help us rise above Then maybe we'll be free someday, if we all learn to love
We'll block them all out Push them all back Black is white And white is black
That last one makes me laugh now when I read it, but it fitted how I felt at the time and it served me well. I was much more worried about the earth at the time I wrote these poems than I am now. Nowadays I am confident in love, and the way it is transforming the planet...
Using one of the photos I took of Jennie as referance I have created a miniature watercolour ACEO featuring a little faery and a unicorn, sending light to the earth.
This painting is currently up for auction on my ebay store ~**here**~
The painting is called By Candlelight and is a minature original work of art, very detailed for only 2.5" x 3.5" and extremely collectable :)
I just had to share these enchanting photos with you all!
Taken with my Nikon D40X on saturday night with my favourite little model - my sister Jennie Holliday. Click the thumbnails to view larger images. They are well worth it :) Hope they bring a bit of warmth and magic to a pretty dreary june afternoon (well here in surrey anyway)
Love and Soulhugs
Dawn xXx
(images copyright Dawn Jane Holliday, please do not use without my permission.)
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 :)
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)
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 ;-)
"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...
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Wonderful job!
sleepy10:27 AM EST