Born to Tame Dragons

"Born to Tame Dragons" - acrylic on cradled wood panel, 8" x 8" x .75".  Ready to hang (sides are painted; no need to frame.  Hanging wire is attached). One of a gaggle of goodies available at the Jan 17-18 auction at Artistic Souls Gallery.

Girls like you
were born
to tame dragons,
​to fight in wars,
to lead armies.

Girls like you
were created
to swallow darkness,
to quell monsters,
​to destroy obscurity.

Girls like you
were given life,
to bring tempests
and hail gales,
​unto their enemies.

Don't let a king
or a prince
or a fairytale
tell you you are smaller than that
​or who you are meant to be.

Born to Tame Dragons (reserve piece)

​Dragon's Breath, Nikita Gill - Wild Embers - poems of rebellion fire and beauty

I've been channeling some fiery females in the studio this month!  Taking the technique I began last year in creating trees and bark - fluorescent underpainting on unprimed wood, keeping the paint wet, carving into the wood through the paint - and applying it to flame-haired girls. What fun!  But there is no telling these feisty broads what to do - they rule the studio right now. :)

And so it was. no surprise when Nikita Gill's Wild Embers landed in my lap and began pummeling me with words of rebellion.  Which is, perhaps, appropriate for this woman in this world at this time.  Watch out monsters, you are about to be quelled.