Work samples

  • Shadow Self
    "Shadow Self"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Art

    The Shadow Self is an unconscious aspect of your personality made up of the parts of yourself that you have deemed unacceptable. Unconditional self-love will give you the willingness to examine rejected parts of yourself and gain new insights. Shine light on the dark corners of your subconscious and flush out your inner demons. Confronting them will help you find hidden strengths.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • Orobourous
    "Orobourous"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Art
     

    The cosmic serpent eats its tail, continually consuming itself and giving birth to itself. Metaphorical death and rebirth. Energy cannot be destroyed, only transformed. Infinity, immortality and protection. This is the end of one cycle and the beginning of the next.
    Be willing to let go of what no longer serves you, without knowledge of what will replace it. The divine breath of life is yours. 

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

     

  • The Magician
    "The Magician"

    Collage art for "The Magician" Tarot card.

  • The Fool
    "The Fool"

    Collage art for "The Fool" Tarot card.

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About Paula

Baltimore City  

I am a lifelong artist and a professional graphic and museum exhibit designer. I work in digital collage using public domain sources and my own photos to create fantastical recombinant imagery. My inspiration comes from fine art, natural history art and artifacts, and vintage commercial art and illustration. Much of my work encompasses Tarot and oracle deck creation, as well as print and textile designs. It’s my hope that my work conveys wonder, wit, and weirdness.

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Cassandra's Oracle of Worldly Wisdom

2024-2025 Work in Progress

Baltimore artist/writer/film maker Cheryl Fair and I are currently collaborating on an oracle deck. The individual cards reflect our accumulated life lessons and experiences. The process is that she and I decide together on what cards to create; then I come up with a collage illustration and Cheryl writes the accompanying text. We have chosen to dedicate the project to Cassandra the Trojan priestess because we both have a keen sense of irony.

  • The Weaver
    "The Weaver"

    DESCRIPTION

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration

    The spider queen plucks her web and listens for vital information. How will you use that information? Are you planning or scheming? Transparency and motivation are key. A plan is an outline laying out the realization of achievement. Even the most excellent plans require skill and patience to come to fruition.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

     

  • Smartitude
    "Smartitude"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration
     

    Both scholarly intelligence and “horse sense”, or practical intelligence, are available to us. Scholarly knowledge is a world of theories and ideas. Scholars are often well rewarded with acknowledgment and admiration. Common sense comes from real world experience and is universally accepted. Combining practical know-how with theory and reasoning gives the ability to achieve success and make progress.
    You understand how or why something works, and also have the ability to do the task at hand effectively.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • The Green Robe
    "The Green Robe"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration
     

    The vision of a beautiful woman wearing raiment of the softest moss brings you comfort, healing and magic. Moss is unique and astoundingly resilient, thriving in the most extreme conditions. Immersion in water can bring a dormant clump of moss back to life after decades. Touch the ground and rest your weary head. Let the soft magic of Mother Earth restore your body and your spirit.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • Foundation
    "Foundation"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration

    The mushroom is the fleshy, fruiting body of a fungus. Tiny threads of mycelium are interwoven with the soil and tree roots to create a vast support system for the mushroom. Even the most unique structure will be viable if you have built it on a solid foundation.


    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • Spirits and Ghosts
    "Spirits and Ghosts"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration

    Ghosts are earthbound energy leaving an impression that is sometimes seen or felt by humans and animals. Spirits have freedom from time and space. For many, cats are psychopomps, crossing between the temporal world and the spirit world. Has something unexplainable caught your attention? Are your ancestors calling to you? They are ever present and everlasting. Listen.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • Bad Brains
    "Bad Brains"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration

    Sometimes you are overwhelmed with inner voices that distract you from knowing what is best for you. Intrusive thoughts, anxiety and paranoia can keep you stuck in a state of mind that temporarily incapacitates you. Mindfulness and grounding can help you let go of unwanted influences and protect you from your own confusion. Concentrate on your own breathing and be aware of your internal state. Observe and dismiss unwanted influences and thoughts without judgement. Ground yourself and concentrate on the present moment.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • A Reprieve
    "A Reprieve"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration

    After a period of emotional heavy liftin there is an abrupt feeling of relief. Keeping an orderly life brings more responsibilities than you had in mind, but you rise to the occasion. Completing what needs to be done banishes the anxiety that hangs over you. You know that other burdens may arrive in the future, but you feel an energy shift and a sense of freedom. The suddenness of this reprieve may surprise you.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • Jealousy
    "Jealousy"

     Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration

    Envy may happen between two people, but it takes three to create an interpersonal triangle of jealousy. Being involved in any part of a jealousy triangle can be overwhelming and destructive. It is best to dismantle the dynamic for the sake of everyone involved. You can only control yourself, and it is up to you to create the needed changes.Take time to observe and acknowledge your feelings without judgment. Practice gratitude, acknowledging and appreciating the good things in your life. Move in a constructive direction, expanding your capacity for love and compassion. Let go of fear.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • Inspiration
    "Inspiration"

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration

    What makes your heart sing? An ideal inspires you to action. Inspiration can bring about grand gestures, brilliant inventions and wondrous works of art. Stay flexible and do your best, so that you will be satisfied with what you are able to make of it.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

  • Time Flies
    "Time Flies

    Oracle Card, Digital Collage Illustration

     

    Every moment passes as flowers grow and drop seeds, which then become flowers that grow seeds, in a seemingly endless loop. Time goes on, but our existence on earth does not. Our time to enjoy this life can end at any moment. Waiting and deferring dreams can mean never experiencing our heart’s desire. Opportunities are there when they are there, not necessarily when we would like them to be. Do it now. Get it while you can.

    Image © 2024 Boadicea Design, LLC
    Text by Cheryl Fair, © 2024 Cheryl Fair

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