By Susan Barchard

Contemplation

"From the beginning I've had an interest in Faeries, Elves and anything mystical and fantastical, mysterious or otherwordly. I always loved to draw and I also loved to read. I was collecting knowledge of Faeries from childhood onward without ever realizing that I would one day put it to use in my Artwork.

The advent of the internet awakened me to the many Faerie Artists "out there" and I wanted to be one of them.  While laid off from my job in 2002 I began whiling away the extra time I had on my hands by beginning my own attempts at Faerie Art. My art is accomplished by creating a hand drawn Faerie and scanning her into the computer and then "painting" her in Photoshop.

The Faeries channel my artwork, of that I have no doubt. I often start to do a certain Faerie only to find they had other ideas - a change in colors, a different face, a different angle, a whole different picture! Working with the Fae has been a joy and very therapuetic. I get lost in my artwork and lose all sense of time and whatever else may be going on.

My life is blessed by the Fae and I am grateful.

Be asked me to explain how I live in the Magic and I believe I have been captured by the Faeries in the course of this Faerie Art evolution in my life. I stay in the Magic because we are a team, they and I, and it is a joy to work with them, and if I am held captive by the Fae then so be it, I'm enjoying myself immensely!"

Susan has been a member of Enchanted Folk since January 2009

members.enchantedfolk.com/sbarchard@marxware.com