Firebirds and muses: Christina Cairns

Christina Cairns is an artist I discovered through Terri Windling’s blog, specifically, her series of posts of artist’s desks.  I was immediately enchanted with the colour and life in Christina’s working space, and when I clicked through to see the artwork she created, I was lost.

Like many of the visual artists who inspire me, her work makes me want to create worlds of words.  I purchased a print of her work, Green Jack, through her Etsy store at the end of last year and have it propped above my working space.  Green Jack, is, to me, the image of a character, Jax, in the novel I am currently working on, Never.

I am also deeply in love with this image, Storm Spirit Moving:

All images reproduced with permission.

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.