A Phoenix Rising!

King of Hearts Copyright Ash Evans

Hi everyone! I want to talk about Ash Evans. She is an artist I havent really gotten to know yet but love just the same. I came across her work from HAED and fell in love. She is the painter of Fortuna the Cat and does some really really good equine pictures too!  She is a BIG animal lover like I am and so her work does speak to me as its all about animals and fantasy. Fortuna is this really cool cat that Ash has done an entire Oracle deck on. Fortuna is a black cat with a witch's hat and fairy wings. Fortuna is actually based on a cat that is one of her pets.  You can see Fortuna in all sorts of her work and I have to say I think its one of Ash's favorite things to paint. Out of her Fortuna series this one is one of my favorites! Its called King of Hearts. Fortuna actually reminds me of 2 of the fur babies I used to have so I am kinda partial. LOL

Solitude copyright Ash Evans

Sundance Copyright Ash Evans

Ash also does some really, really good Equine pieces. I think besides Fortuna, Unicorns are her favorite just by looking at her website. She has such a wide variety of lighter pieces and darker pieces and I LOVE seeing the pieces come together on her updates on Facebook. Its always so interesting to see a piece come together from beginning to end and to see the little tweeks she makes in every image until it is JUST how she likes it. One of the piece I was lucky enough to see Works in Progress of  is called Solitude from the Oracle Deck she is working on.  But I HAVE to be honest and say one of my Favorite of her unicorn series is Sundance. I am a sucker for sunsets and sunrises and I love unicorns so this is both in one!

Carrion Tree Copyright Ash Evans

 She doesnt limit herself either she also does rabbits and Dragons and other animals including the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland.  While she does have a peacock piece in her collection she also does other birds and my FAV piece of hers that involves birds is called Carrion  Tree, it reminds me of a cross between Edger Alan Poe's the Raven and the book The Birds for some reason. LOL

Baby Phoenix by Ash Evans

Also Ash does some AMAZING sculptures, She does these absolutely beautiful Phoenixes. And she just started doing (really little, I call them mini) Baby Phoenix and they are SO adorable that if I had had the money I would have bought one. They have this iridescent pigments on them and they seem to almost shimmer with life.  And I know she only does them from time to time so I am gonna have to save up for the next time she does a (mini) Baby Phoenix. . I am SO jealous of the people that managed to get these!  Look how CUTE these are!!! Wouldnt these make amazing christmas gifts?

Ash with Rio (recently departed) and is that Fortuna I see?

Ash is great about keeping people updated on Facebook and her website and even a VLOG yes a VLOG on You tube. She has items for sale at special prices for people on Facebook that are friends on her page. Ash, I think is still taking orders for Phoenix's and maybe a few of the Babies are still available but I am not 100% sure on that.  Please check out Ash's work here at her website http://ashevans.com/ and like her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AshEvansArt .  And she even is on Etsy! Its a true pleasure seeing this artist grow and evolve and to see how her work is evolving as well. Currently Ash is undergoing some Personal issues. She was living in England and absolutely loves it there but had to come back to the states because of a visa/passport mix up. Now she is TRYING so hard to raise the money to get back there because her pets are there and she needs to be with them.  As such she is really really appreciative of all the support she can get right now to help raise the money to get back there.Ash has unfortunately lost one of her pets while trying to straighten out this whole passport/visa mess (Rio the one in her lap in her pic) and she is SO needing to get back to them. She actually had England officials put a stamp in her passport that says she cannot even enter the country for any reason not even to retrieve her animals.  I guess the list of things they gave her as reasons why was all things that were not even true and she now has to have legal help to get things straightened out. SO if you can buy a print, a figurine, a calendar or SOMETHING just to help get her home to her fur babies. If you have pets you know what its like to not be there when they need you and how you feel when your away from them.  So lets get this Artist Mommy home to her four legged children and maybe talk her into making a lot more (mini) Baby Phoenix's so I may be able to get one. LOL

 Also no stealing of her pics! They are copyrighted! I asked permission first and so should you!

Love Light and Stitchs!