PHYLLIS MAHON ART
Inspired by Landscape, Poetry and Prose
ILLLUSTRATION
by PHYLLIS MAHON
TASCHEN "Library of Esoterica"2020
The second publication in the Library of Esoterica is ASTROLOGY.
Images included by Phyllis Mahon are PISCES and CANCER.
The first book was TAROT which contained THE TOWER.
Book Cover + Phyllis Mahon's "Pisces" Mutable Water, watercolour 2012
Cancer Cardinal Water, watercolour
Pisces Mutable Water
Book Cover + Phyllis Mahon's "Pisces" Mutable Water, watercolour 2012
HEART'S ESSENCES ...
"Heart's Essences" written by Sabrina Suzanne Jacobsen, was published in Denmark in 2019.
For more information see Lysporten or email: lysporten.ssj@gmail.dk
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BOOK COVERS from 1990
In the mid 1980s, when her studio was based in London's East End, Phyllis worked on a freelance basis illustrating individual book covers and editorial for many well know publishers:
BBC Books, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Macdonald Oprima,
Piatkus Books, Women's Press,
Zed Books.
LARGE ILLUSTRATION PROJECTS
COSMOPOLITAN HOROSCOPE UK 1990
(also published in the Spanish and Australian editions 1992)
Twelve large pastel drawings 56 x 65cm - all are in private collections except Aquarius which is available to purchase. Since then Phyllis has illustrated the 12 Astrological signs twice: for Aura Soma in 1999 and in her personal work 2012 (see Taschen above).
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 BalanceAura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
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 The StarAura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The HermitAura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The MoonAura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The World #2Aura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The World ##2 (Reverse)Aura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The Lovers #2 (Reverse)Aura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The Lovers #2Aura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The EmpressAura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 StrengthAura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The EmperorAura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
 The HierophantAura Soma New Aeon Tarot |
One of Phyllis Mahon's first commissions after moving to Lincolnshire in 1993 was to illustrate the
Aura Soma New Aeon Tarot -
a set of 100 double sided Tarot cards, visually related to company's principal product.
Printed in 1997, it is now a collector's item on Amazon !
AURA SOMA TAROT
Following the Tarot the next large project was a set of twelve 'energy images' to illustrate the properties and energies of each colour in the Colour Wheel. These little abstract images then became personnified into twelve goddesses and related to the twelve signs of the Zodiac. A calendar with a beautiful gold cover was printed to celebrate the Millennium and the Book followed. Again a collector's item on Amazon! Goddesses
Cardinal Fire
Fixed Earth
Mutable Air
Cardinal Water
Fixed Fire
Mutable Earth
Cardinal Air
Fixed Water
Mutable Fire
Cardinal Earth
Fixed Air
Mutable Water
Death and regeneration with highlighted Chakra points
Reverse of the book and calander
AURA SOMA
12 Goddesses Millennium Project
12 Angel paintings large watercolours used on Essence labels
20 images of Sea creatures
Other Aura Soma illustration projects
Butterfly Essences were illustrated by large watercolours of Angels, Numbers were illustrated by ink drawing of man and woman; Sea Essences were illustrated by ink and watercolour images of sea creatures.
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