'Trinary Code' by Melissa Shemanna. (Lead artist, project manager and curator)

Oil and tempera on canvas painted over 6 years with tiny brushes, hand made paints, UV pigments, and numerous ultramarine glazes!

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Bio: MELISSA SHEMANNA

is a visionary artist, curator, and founder of The Honeybee Temple Arts Foundation, with over two decades of experience in the arts. Her practice began with a self-taught discipline in painting and drawing, which evolved through mentorships with artists from the lineage of Ernst Fuchs, a prominent figure in Vienna's visionary and surrealist arts scene. Shemanna's art is a profound exploration of human intelligence, expressed through a synthesis of organic forms, futuristic technology, and hyper-color lenses, all presented with a visionary edge. She works primarily with oils and egg tempera, and often uses high chroma acrylics, pure pigments, ochres, and graphite to push the boundaries of traditional mediums. In 2018, Shemanna founded The Honeybee Temple Arts Foundation as a mycelium network to innovate multidimensional creativity in local and global communities. With a focus on festival arts production, arts festival gallery curation, and sacred arts ceremonies, she is committed to cultivating and empowering multidimensional creativity, both individually and collectively. Shemanna's work has been featured in permanent art collections in Australia, Bali, Hawaii, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, and the USA. She is currently on an international sojourn and art pilgrimage, bringing the last decade of her paintings to Europe and the UK

Pollinators Mating Ritual by Melissa Shemanna oil and tempera  on canvas

Bio: EMMA WATKINSON

(Participating artist, UK)

Emma was born on Dartmoor, Devon on Beltane near Scorhill stone circle

Her inspiration comes principally from her explorations in consciousness and esoteric study. Her Art is inspired by meditations on the archetypes of mythology , designed to activate powerful forces in the psyche for healing and transformation .She practices Druidry, Buddhist meditation, Chi Gung , has trained in the 13 moon mystery school , studied Kabbalah , western occultism & Jungian psychology.

Her life path was defined by a challenging walking disability in childhood . Her Art is her therapy , and she is interested in psychology & various methods of healing PTSD.

    Her art has been exhibited widely at festivals, gallerys & museums internationally. In her 20’s she gained a Diploma in Fine Art & Design , and after that was self taught, researching classical Academy methods of painting. She assisted Ernst Fuchs (principle founder of Fantastic Realism) in Vienna ,  trained on courses in oil painting in Italy & Austria, at the London School of Representational Art , and online courses with Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art.

 Besides painting , her other great love is Music , flute & songwriting.

http://emanations.co.uk/