About Blue Moon Studio

Blue Moon Studio is owned by Lisa Aerianna Tayerle.

Who is Aerianna?

I grew up in Ohio and Arizona, and my most vivid memories of both places are of nature; wandering the woods or the desert, watching the animals and plants, learning about the natural history of each place I lived. I remember my grandmother’s huge vegetable gardens and fruit trees, and my cousin’s horses. I remember playing in the desert, listening to the desert spirits talk to me, and finding evidence of the people who lived there before me. I remember my parents teaching me about the plants and animals, of our hunting for fossils and amethyst.

These memories of the natural world and of the science lessons about my environment were probably my greatest influences; they influenced my values as well as my interests. My childhood allowed me to believe in magic, art and beauty, and made me long to manifest all three in my life.

I have degrees in both architecture and art, though they are more than 20 years apart. I started with architecture and returned to art in my late thirties, and professional gardening in my forties.

I most often describe myself as a Shamanic Artist, and a gardener. I am a full time artist- my art is my magic and much of my magic is art. My studio is in my home in the Mid-Atlantic area. Art for me is about embodying the divine. It is my portal key to other realms and my means of recording prophetic vision.

The other part of my magical practice is very common sense and down to earth. It’s about sustainability- living right sized and in balance.

I am avid gardener, the green ones are my allies- as are crow, and goldfinch, and worm. I spend most of my life outdoors, and my time in the garden or woods provides the inspiration, as well as many of the found objects, for my art.

I have believed in magic since I was a child. The mythologies of Europe and the America’s were not story to me but history. If you listen carefully you can hear the spirit of the land, I can. I have been a formally practicing witch for over 20 years. I am a Reclaiming Initiate and have lived, learned, and taught within the Reclaiming tradition for many years; having been part of mid- Atlantic’s emerging Reclaiming community since1994.

Artist’s Statement

Aerianna's Self PortraitAt the heart of the cosmos is mystery. Through my artistic process I listen and give voice to the cosmos within and around me, celebrating the sacredness of our world and all interconnected worlds. Dion Fortune defined Magic as manifesting the will with intent. My work is a manifestation of magic; its intent is to speak for a renewed relationship to nature, rather than an isolation from it. I want to communicate a sense of mystery and spirit in the age of linear reason and industrialization, and to celebrate divinity in all living creatures and the earth itself.

I believe that the living world and all its creatures, the body as well as the spirit, and the cycles of nature are sacred. My work explores personal imagery, as well as the rich historical and contemporary language of myth and magic. My images include goddesses, gods, earth, animal and elemental spirits. For me these entities represent particular constellations of power, with whom we are co-creators of transformation and fate. I have been influenced by ancient European mythologies and religion , as well as by Buddhist, Hindu and Christian beliefs. I also use the cycles of nature, the seasons and the concepts of Earth, Air, Fire and Water as sacred elements as starting points for much of my work.

I am primarily a Printmaker. The processes of printmaking, which often seem like alchemy to the uninitiated, become the ritual tools that help create my spiritual vision. Printmaking allows a layering of imagery, color, texture and text that can be achieved in no other media. I combine hand drawing, painting and found objects with the print techniques, to create rich many layered art objects.

I also often use the book as a vehicle for expression. I like the intimate quality of books, and their role as tools, as well as sculptural objects. The viewing or reading of a book is a ritual with which we are all familiar. The sequential process of turning the pages and revealing or discovering what is inside allows the viewer to become co-creator of the meaning.

Through my work I discover my place in the cosmos and activate self-transformation. I hope that the images transport others to a place of mystery and magic and provide a means of reaching the Spirit Worlds that reside within us all.

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