This artist’s work is unique and quite beautiful. Stephanie Pui-Mun Law has a mastery of the paintbrush that leaves one hushed in admiration. Her style is instantly recognisable, with a flow that looks so natural you feel woven into her paintings. Stephanie's graceful and delicate art has been sort after for many years by private collectors and she is also an extremely well known and highly respected illustrator for many companies in the fantasy genre. She mainly uses watercolour and sometimes pen and ink, but her digital work is wonderful too and brings yet another quality to her portfolio, the same fantastic ability but with a different texture and feel. Her web site is www.shadowscapes.com and it contains a fantasy journey like no other, it is such a treat to witness Stephanie’s stunning talent, especially the Tarot deck she has been working on that looks absolutely awesome. There are a few tutorials there too!

(photos here) My favourite birds are without doubt, the Long-tailed tits. These adorable little things with their tails longer than their ball-shaped bodies are so much fun. I get so excited when I hear from far off, all their distinctive tseeing calls, as they’re traveling in groups and descending on the tree branches and the peanut feeders in threes and fours, with their tails getting all caught up! These tiny birds look almost fluffy with a white head, a black stripe from their eyes down their necks and a pink tinge to their shoulders and underneath making them really pretty. You know you have to make the most of them, as each visit is quite quick before they move on, almost like restless grazers. In the wintertime the flocks get larger and my squeals of happiness even louder as I call everyone to come and see them before they leave again, sometimes for weeks at a time. To hear them calling to each other and watch their acrobatics, hanging upside down as they feed with their minuscule beaks, is pure joy.

Magical Blessings, Be

“There is strong shadow where there is much light.” – Goethe