Crosses Palm With Silver 035: What I Do & Where You'll Find Me

First and foremost I'm an artist, writer, tarologist, muse, and model. I make most of my living from doing private commissions and some illustration along with tarot readings. I also play Lucrezia Guerrieri in Cynthia von Buhler's Speakeasy Dollhouse.  A few people have emailed me to ask a list of my services as well as place they can find me on the net.

FOR ILLUSTRATION, FINE ART, AND DESIGN:

For all illustration projects please contact my Rep Jean Blasco at Blasco Creative. My clients have included The Grammy Awards, Gabby Young and Other Animals, Scholastic, O'Death, The Saturn Sisters, Out Magazine, and Roller Derby. My fine art has been seen in the Worcester Art Museum, WEAM, OVADA UK, Kelleher Gallery UK, Society of Illustrators,Mae West Fest and Ohio History Museum MODA, and the Museum of Contemporary Art DC. Design clients have included Saturn Sisters, Year Zero Writers, and Constellation Magazine. For art, design, illustration, and tarot illustrations go here.

I also do fine art comissions. I'm working on a few projects now but love taking on private ventures. If you have a painting in mind email me and we can work out size, pricing, and other details.

I have recently been doing a lot of custom boxes. They come in 3 different sizes small up to 7 x 7 inches, medium up to 10 x 10 inches, and large up to 16 x 16. They range from $350-800 depending on detailing and size. Message me with what you are thinking and we will work out price and details kat@katelanfoisy.com. For more examples go here.

My etsy store is full and I'll be adding more as I clean out the flat files. Prints of Deer Woman and other paintings will soon be available as well. I will also be adding more photo prints from Dangerous Combinations. You can check it out here.

WRITING & SPEAKING:

I wrote a memoir. It's called Blood and Pudding and you can find it on the Knickerbocker Circus website and soon as an e-book on Amazon. It's been described as Sid and Nancy meets On the Road. Words with Jam magazine called it “The best book about teenage life of 2010.” You can read some reviews on goodreads. I have also written for Electric Literature, Constellation Magazine, Red Umbrella Diaries, and Escape Pod Comics, as well as guest posts on Warrenellis.com and For Books Sake.

I speak at Pratt once a semester on art, technique, and business. I've also spoken at salons and co-hosted at Science House, as well as numerous other readings including The National Poetry Society, Fireside Follies, Bluestockings as well as guest speaking spots at SVA and Blogworld. Contact me if you'd like me to speak on your panel or at your event etc.

TAROT, REIKI, CLEANSINGS:

I received my first tarot deck when I was just 12 years old and began reading that day.  From 2005-2007 I read at Magickal Realms in the Bronx alonside many wonderful spiritualists and upon leaving in 2007 started my own practice.  I have read for numerous people around the globe and has a strong following both online and off. I am the co-founder of Beneath the Half Moon with Sherene Schostak, held new and full moon circles at the Edgar Cayce Center, and travelled extensively with tarot in hand. I use 4 decks: Rider Waite, Psychic Tarot, Shakespearean Oracle, and Animal Medicine Cards. This is all for one reading. Yes four decks, one reading.

I'm a Taurus, with Leo rising and a Moon in Capricorn.

Tarot Reading in Person, Skype, or by Phone: $100

Online Readings (Email Only):

Full Deck: $85

10 Card: $40

3 Card: $15

Reiki and Cleansings:

Spiritual Cleansings: $30

Reiki 30 min: $60

Reiki 60 min: $90

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME: (click each to take you to the page)

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Pimp My Artwork 073: Naga Kanya

This new box was for Mani the Uncanny. The box was made from African Mahogany by Duho Studios. Whenever I start a box I'm usually flooded with images of what should be places on it. Sometimes they come like whispers and other times it's blatant. As I started to paint the base images of snakes kept emerging.  Since the year of the snake is approaching I asked Mani if she was okay with snake imagery. She was and I remembered a piece she had given me to put onto the box, a Medusa head. As I started the aging process on the piece a Goddess I was not familiar with kept popping into my head. She was part snake part woman. Her name, Naga Kanya: She brings blessings of wealth, prosperity, friendship, good relationships, love, romance, sex, spiritual & astral growth, spiritual & astral enlightenment and general well-being & attracting good opportunities as well as providing protection.

The cobra symbol on the side denotes transformation and alertness.  The snake is also symbolizes abundance.

Dreams Are Real 043: Happy New Year

Happy 2013 and year of the snake. 2012 was a crazy one with three apocalypses and loads of transformation. The tarot wasn't lying when I pulled the Tower on my birthday. I woke up this morning after a night of debauchery and champagne. I spent it with some of my favorite people in the world, just as I did last year.

Going over 2012 was a bit rough. I had some great ideas and produced some great work. I was written about and photographed. I traveled and met people, some people who are putting into motion some major changes. These are all exciting changes that I'm not allowed to speak of just yet but will be announced soon enough. It was also a highly introspective year, I was both the hermit and the socialite. It was a year with many layers.

This morning I checked the website of one of my greatest friends in the world, Warren Ellis. Warren is my go to for almost everything whether it be business advice, practical advice, even relationship advice. Words can't express how much I adore him. Of course the first thing I read today was posted on his blog. I think it pretty much sums up 2013.

Wyrd is a good old Anglo-Saxon word that may loosely translate as “fatedness.” 

“To become.”  “That which happens.”

There is strangeness in wyrd, an active supernatural process of destiny.  Its descendant word “weird” retained its paranormal context until fairly recently.

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Wyrd and the future are where I’m going to be living, this year, I think.  Maybe I always was.

Let’s have a good weird year.

This was the last thing I painted in 2012. It's a Day of the Dead skull with honeycombs, bees and butterlies.

As I got dressed I pulled two cards for the New Year. The first one I pulled was the Two of cups. Two of cups symbolizes partnerships, bonds, healing, love, union, forgiveness, moving forward, and positive energy.

The second card I pulled was the World.  The world symbolizes coming together, positive completion of a cycle, dynamic balance, bringing two things together, flourishing, beauty, peace of mind, being present, satisfaction and contentment.

 I got dressed to go out for New Years I thought about writing this post as a year in review. I've done it every year since 2008. This year seemed a little different, it wasn't as important to show myself or anyone else my achievements. The important thing was to move forward and keep achieving, keep bettering my craft, and keep pushing forward in my art, my life, and in love.

We filled the bathtub with champagne and strawberries. A decadent end to 2012 and a luxurious beginning to 2013.

Happy New Year all. I hope it's fabulous.  I pulled a card for all of you too. For 2013 the energy will be that of the Queen of Cups. The Queen of Cups represents a person adored by all, good natured, beautiful, and honest. They are admired and respected by those around them. She represents love and creativity at its fullest and is always there when someone needs a hand, beauty at it's highest. She is a reminder that to truly be able to give of ourselves to we need to learn to receive others and vice versa. Here's my version of the Queen of Cups featuring Lenora Claire.

Killin' It 076: TRIP CITY, Escape Pod, & Dining with Strangers

I'm supre honored to be featured with beautiful friend Stoya in TRIP CITY's podcast.  Listen as Stoya talks about the sex industry and I talk about all things "La Gitana" and "Mistress of Magic". Click the image to be taken to the podcast.

I wrote piece on Grant Morrison and the magical world for Escape Pod Comics.  Check it out by clicking the image.

I'm also featured on the Dining with Strangers site.  Read the article, find out what I ate. Be amazed! Once again click the pic to be taken to the article.

Crosses Palm With Silver 034: Holiday Reading Sale

Photos by Seth Kushner for TRIP CITY

Holidays are right around the corner and the energy of the eclipses has been fierce. If you're feeling a bit uprooted it's normal about now.  Book a reading with me either in person or online for just $50.  Reading are normally $175 for in person or $100 for phone/online.  I use 4 decks: Morgan-Greer, Psychic Tarot, Shakespearean Tarot, and Animal Medicine Cards.