by Ona Christie | Apr 22, 2018 | Animal spirits, Birds, Spiritual, Things with wings, Totems
Funny how some animals (like Dolphin) are almost universally loved, while others elicit a whole range of emotions, from reverence to revulsion. Of any bird spirit animal, Owl is perhaps the one that is most feared, while at the same time respected and sometimes even...
by Ona Christie | Jul 31, 2016 | Animal art, Animal spirits, Bird art, Birds, Inspirational, life wisdom, Paintings, Spiritual, Things with wings
“The purpose of life is Life.” – Joseph Campbell I channeled this painting for a client recently. The image came first, but it felt like something was missing. So I took a break and started cleaning out a shelf in the studio. And as luck would have...
by Ona Christie | Mar 24, 2016 | Animal spirits, Birds, Spiritual, Things with wings, Totems
HAPPY SPRING! Someone was telling me recently about going up to Brockway Mountain for the spring raptor migration. Apparently they won’t migrate across Lake Superior, and instead go around the land way, with the result that sometimes you can see dozens of eagles...
by Ona Christie | Aug 8, 2015 | Animal art, Animal spirits, Bird art, Birds, Spiritual, Things with wings, Watercolor
Nighthawk Animal Totem for Creative People In an international study conducted by Adobe, slightly over 50% of U.S. respondents, and 39% overall, considered themselves to be creative people. What’s more, the overwhelming majority viewed creativity as being valuable to...
by Ona Christie | Jun 6, 2015 | Animal spirits, Birds, Spiritual, Things with wings, Totems
Where I live in Upper Michigan, Red Tailed Hawks are a common sight. (They are probably the most common North American hawk, and can be sighted year-round throughout most of the continental U.S.) You usually see them either majestically circling on uplifts of air, or...
