Artist's Gallery!

All the paintings currently shown below are done by Dawn Stevens of Mystic Eye. They are in no particular order. Please note that all images presented on this and all other pages are copyrighted and may not be used without specific written permission by Mystic Eye, Dawn Stevens, or any other artist represented here. To request permission to use images, artwork, make purchases, etc.... please contact us at artwork@themysticeye.com.

Russ's Painting, "The Raven" 1998
Acrylic paint on stretched canvas.
My life started anew the day I met my husband. All things that came before were but a training course, a proving ground for the now. I dreamed of him for years. I searched, I yearned, and when the time was right... he found me. The first time I was at his house, he told me that The Raven was his power animal. I went home and started to sketch. It took a while for me to finish, so nervous I was to dissapoint him, or myself. I had never painted a bird before. He looks out at the viewer with a critical, knowing eye. He carries the god/sun upon his wing, his trusty compass within his claws. He knows the direction he is going. The sky is darker on the left, denoting a stormy past. Orange with plenty of movement on the right, firey, colorful, his male energy creating turmoil, yet shining ever bright. I love him.

A closeup of the painting above. This painting is shown here courtesy of Russ Williams, it's rightful owner. It is not for sale. It is not for lease. It can not be exibited. It is a gift and stays always within our bedchamber.

"Tri-Eye" 1996
Oil paint on stretched canvas.
I always dreamed of going to Egypt. Pyramids spoke to me. So too the symbol of the eye. I wondered what I could 'see' if I were to view the pyramids for myself. After painting this, I was able to manifest a trip to the land I had always dreamed of. I immediately felt at home upon landing in Cairo, even more so upon arriving in Luxor. I met many an Egyptian artist, and contributed images (including this one) to a book that was sent back to all my new Egyptian friends.

"Squish" 1996
Oil paint on stretched canvas.
I spent years as a biker. I wore boots, road worn and comfortable. I wore leather gloves, and felt protected. My jeans were stained with grease and oil. My leather vest was a daily article, comforting, familiar. My nose was pierced. My hair long and flowing. My path of independance took me to the 'straight' world of work. I suddenly felt restrained, stifled. The me I had been so comfortable with, the one I wore like a sheild, was being stripped from me, a piece at a time. The vise was tightening.

The Artist's Way Class, "My Life" Collage 1994
Acrylic paint, newsprint, magazine pictures, cloth, tarot card, tools, paint brushes, feathers, old artwork of mine, etc. on stretched canvas.
I hadn't painted in ten years. I was desparate, depressed, in need of the release that only my paintings can give. I stumbled serendipitously upon a class based on the Julie Cameron book, the Artist's Way. It promised to unblock the blocked artist. I signed up immediately. Towards the end of the class, we were required to create a collage of our life, birth to future. The acrylic paint on the canvas background was the first thing I had painted in all those years. All other images you see here, spring forth from this one cathartic work.

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