Digital illustration & collage.
Will possibly discuss this later....need to sleep x
Later: I will ramble, as always. I wanted to merge the fairy tale theme with alchemy. 'The Storytellers' concerns transition, which has kind of become the main theme of my work in recent months; an ongoing process of change, renewal, metamorphosis. Sometimes something has to be brought to an abrupt end to be able to begin again, to become revitalised. The dome, scissors and playing card represent the sensation of feeling trapped (by fate, circumstance, domesticity, whatever you wish) whilst the egg, heart and cosmic surroundings promise hope and liberation........ Because that potential is always there, in the heart/art and mind, however unyeilding our circumstances may seem.
And even later: Having thought a little more about this following a comment over at flickr, I also want to add that the symbols within my images almost always concern my own life and dreams, my memories (or loss of) or desires. Scissors and blood would generally represent a cutting of ties, or an ending of some sort, never actual violence. In this case, the storytellers have the potential to escape the apparent safety of their 'dome', whilst the egg kind of symbolises freedom and new beginnings. So let's see if they have the guts to fly!
The playing cards always represent something very personal to me. They are either the seven of spades or the seven of hearts, and work as polar opposites. I am also - as may be obvious by now - extremely fascinated by the writings of C. Jung and Marie Louise Von Franz, especially her interpretations of fairytales. In this sense the seven of spades connects to the what lies hidden, unconscious, or concerning dreams. The seven of hearts relates to what has become conscious, emotional content and clarity.
I hope that this doesn't just read like a pile of fanciful claptrap, because I am not sure of any other way to describe the meaning of my images! x
Baba Yaga, 
