Listening To Raven~Drawings,  Myths & Realities by Beth Surdut

While I was creating The Ravens of  Truth and Memory with pen and colored pencil, heart and mind, two tiny Zuni fetish ravens carved by a married couple into black marble and bound together with turquoise and coral perched on the paper's edge. I found them through the grace of the Bronwyn the White Raven who owns Keshi in Santa Fe.
The Norse God Odin sent two Ravens out each day--one named Thought (Hugin), the other Memory (Munin). Here, I've changed Thought to Truth.
Memory allows Truth to gently pick through her feathers until both birds shine. Chosen by bird guide author  David Allen Sibley for the exhibition For the Birds at Brush Gallery in Massachusetts until June 18.
For the beginning of the Raven story that brought this mermaid to the desert, start with Drawing Raven. Meet the Raven Clan http://www.listeningtoraven.com

Surdut's Southwest Flair

Look for a few more moments of Surdut fame in the current Southwest Flair magazine, which kindly mentions the ravens, also featured in last month's issue. (And I don't know these generous people!) This New Mexico Mountain series of hand painted silk shawls and scarves are what happens when I breathe in the sight and scent of sky and land, and then breathe out using dyes, resist, brushes and silk. Each one is as individual as the moment when light shifts and changes. Click on the shawl for more images on the apparel page of http://www.bethsurdut.com/