- Lynda Stevens- Southampton 1959
- These samples are part of a full colour set of 78 tarot cards,
first conceived and started on in 1986. Frequently each design was
reworked several times before the artist was happy with it. In
1995 a thesis of about 45,000 words was written intended to
accompany the deck. This pack is a personal interpretation of the
tarot but it draws extensively on the artist's knowledge of tarot
mythology, astrology and other related occult disciplines. The
pack is meant to be a bridge between the traditional
interpretations of the Tarot, and seminal futuristic schools of
thought on the subject.
- I have a degree in English/Italian Literature, after having
studied for four years at the University of Warwick, and speak
four foreign languages - Italian, French, German and Hungarian.
- My creative path first took root whilst still a student at
Warwick. It began with a series of colour abstract drawings,
involving intricate patterns and shapes. I did not in any way,
want to try and consciously plan what came to me: the images came
as a spontaneous, psychic flow of automatistic imagery. In the mid
eighties however, I felt that my work could only be enriched
through elements of formal training too - for example via life
drawing. Accordingly I attended two part-time courses at this
time; firstly a diploma in painting at a college in Leamington
Spa, then a certificate in Craft Materials, at Coventry
University. The latter was particularly important, as it
introduced me to the potentials to be found within working in a
much wider, more textural scope of media: some of the results of
this can be seen on this web site. My reading of more arcane areas
of knowledge such as alchemy, Gnosticism and Shamanisn, have also
since helped define my understanding of what informs the basic
impulses behind all the work that you can view here.
- In the late Eighties, I began to get involved in artistic groups
and collectives based in both Coventry and in Brighton, and also
to show solo exhibitions of my own work. My first exhibition in
1990, was called 'Vistas' and was held in Coventry; likewise my
second in 1992, called 'Magma'. In 1994, I exhibited as part of a
group in Brighton's Bear Cave Gallery, in a show called 'Butterfly
Soul.' My latest exhibition was called 'Pearl of the Oyster', and
was held in 1998, in Budapest.
- I have held a professional qualification in Astrology (DMS
Astrol.), and spent many years in the early 90's, working at
psychic fairs all over the UK, giving both astrological and Tarot
readings.
- I have also run independent workshops in the Tarot and given
talks on my Deck, as well as having taught Astrology for two years
part-time as an Open Studies lecturer at Coventry University.
- live and work in Budapest
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