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<title>The Three Sisters by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:06:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-three-sisters-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/the-three-sisters-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Watercolor on board. This painting, 4th in my sacred hand series, was inspired by 3 boulders on the prairie at the Pipestone, MN state park.In a windy, lonely place cradled beneath endless sky and grassland is a secret. Here's some of what Ive writte...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Yin And Yang by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/yin-and-yang-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/yin-and-yang-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Thia is a painting I did several years ago. I was fascinated with fins, gills, scales and shimmering, glimmering eyes.  

I recommend reproducing this image on watercolor paper for the best results.

If you'd lke me to sign your print (at no char...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Lord Of The Wildwood by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:11:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lord-of-the-wildwood-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/lord-of-the-wildwood-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>The ancient Celtic god Cerrunos is also known as the Stag King, Lord of the Wildwood, The Greenman, Hern, and Lord of the Hunt.  'Lord of the Wildwood' as depicted here is the companion painting to the image titled 'Lady of the Wildwoodrsquo, display...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Lady Of The Wildwood by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:41:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/lady-of-the-wildwood-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/lady-of-the-wildwood-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Lady of the Wildwood portrays the second, mother aspect of the Great mother (virgin, mother, crone) and is based on ancient Celtic myth and spirituality. When creating her I incorporated an alchemical formula for gold (wholeness and balance), a form ...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Autumn by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:03:29 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/autumn-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/autumn-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>My paintings are very much influenced by the seasons. The goddesses, myths, fairie lore, colors and mood of what Irsquom seeing outside the studio windows and on my walks flow into my art.

This image was painted in late autumn, early winter and in...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Butterfly Healer by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:09:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/butterfly-healer-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/butterfly-healer-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This painting  represents healer, healing process, and healthy integration of body and spirit. It was inspired by a friend who practices therapeutic massage but the modality is not important here.

Many traditions associate butterflies with the unf...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Squash Blossom by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-squash-blossom-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/1-squash-blossom-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>A rock painting I saw many years ago in New Mexico inspired this painting.  A friend took us to visit this hidden place located on a hidden cliffside. Here were the remains of an ancient village, walls still standing but rooms open to the sky.   It w...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Windhorse Dreaming by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:12:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/windhorse-dreaming-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/windhorse-dreaming-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>In Siberian and Central Asian traditions, hiimori, or "Windhorse" refers to the soul. It also refers to inner strength, chi, prana, goodness, spiritual power, and the psychic power believed to dwell in the chest area.  Good deeds help one to accumula...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>The Flaming Arrow by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-flaming-arrow-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/the-flaming-arrow-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This painting depicts the beloved Celtic goddess/saint Brighid. One of the names she was known by is 'Flaming Arrow'.  Being a Leo (fire sign) I rather like this name! So I chose to paint her in a manner that highlights this title. Everything in the ...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Queen Of The May by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:18:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/queen-of-the-may-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/queen-of-the-may-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This commission portrait was painted two months ago and is based on observation and the stories her parents told me about her.
If you want it signed (at no extra charge),  let me know so we can arrange the shipping.

By the way, does this image lo...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Inanna And Dumuzzi by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:28:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-inanna-and-dumuzzi-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/1-inanna-and-dumuzzi-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>The Sumerian deities Inanna and Dumuzzi embody the concept of souls destined to find one another, almost like twin souls hatched from the same egg.  Despite personal difficulties, trust issues, and relationship challenges, they cherished and loved on...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Emergence by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-emergence-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/1-emergence-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>This painting is inspired by traditional Lakota teachings about Pte Hinsala San Win White Buffalo Calf Woman. Her story is far more complex than the version most commonly told describing the White Buffalo prophecy.  Oral traditions recorded in the la...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Waiting For A Title... by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:58:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/waiting-for-a-title-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/waiting-for-a-title-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>I will load the text for this soon - am running late for a meeting!</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Hand Of Ceres by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:45:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/hand-of-ceres-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/hand-of-ceres-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Here's another image from my Spirit Hand Series. It was originally  titled 'Hand of Ceres', and dedicated to the Roman goddess of agriculture. There was a mix up at the publisher and it was titled 'Hand of the Seer' in my calendar.  Since one aspect ...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Fairie Dreams by Helena Nelson-Reed</title>
<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <a href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/fairie-dreams-helena-nelson-reed.html'><img src='http://fineartamerica.com/images-small/fairie-dreams-helena-nelson-reed.jpg' style='float: left;' border='none;'></a><div width='400px;' style='float: left; padding-left: 10px;'>Fairies have a complex history and historically are a far cry from cute cartoons and Victorian tradition. Manifesting in a rainbow of sizes and guises, theyrsquore reputed to be vain, ambiguous, capricious, generous, creative and intelligent.  

Th...</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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