Mickie
Mueller grew up beneath the great mountains and the desert sky of
Albuquerque, New Mexico. They aptly call it "The Land of
Enchantment." She was exposed to art all her life, both of her parents’
were prominent artists and craftspeople in the area, and she was
influenced by many of the great artists of the Southwest, all friends of
the family. In her late teens, she moved with her family to the green
rolling hills of Missouri were she now lives and makes her home and
studio. Mickie began working as a freelance artist in 1983, showing her
award winning art in local galleries, and her work appearing in
newspaper ads, and CD/cassette covers for local bands. She even worked
for awhile as a computer colorist for comic book companies like Marvel,
D.C. and Dark Horse to name a few.
By
the mid 1990’s, Mickie was moving away from creating other peoples
visions and began nurturing her own signature fantasy art style as she
began creating images from her heart and imagination. She began delving
into the magical world that she saw in all places of nature, finding
fairies, nature spirits, and Goddesses living in the trees and forests.
She developed special techniques like adding magical herbs to her paint
(see tutorial) to further make her art spiritual and magical. She began
offering her prints at local events, comic book shops and boutiques,
Several years later she made her internet debut, her work appearing on
several popular websites right along side several of some of today’s
biggest names in fantasy and fairy art, all of them during the first
blossoming of their careers. Shortly thereafter, she began her own first
website. Family obligations and the work of running the New Age /
Metaphysical shop she opened with her husband Dan brought on a hiatus
from her Internet presence, but her portfolio expanded and her name grew
locally in art galleries, and appearing at special events in the New
Age/Metaphysical communities. Their shop closed and Mickie returned to
the Internet and splashed back into the worldwide scene shortly after
getting her first big publishing job with Llewellyn.
Today
Mickie has a growing business with her magical fantasy art. Her work
has been seen in magazines and books internationally, including a school
textbook in Norway. Her prints are sold in catalogues and on the
Internet all over the world. She has three critically acclaimed divination
decks published by Llewellyn, The Well Worn Path and The Hidden Path and The Voice of the Trees, A
Celtic Ogham Oracle is based on the rich and fantastic Celtic history,
myths and legends and the Ogham system of letters used in 4th-6th
century.
In
addition to her work appearing in print, she has an ever expanding line
of Sterling Silver Jewelry with Peter Stone, and a growing Statuary
line with Sacred Source, both companies are leaders and visionaries in
their fields. In addition to limited edition and open edition prints,
she also offers handmade gifts and jewelry in her Etsy store. With her
husband Dan taking on the duties of business manager, order logistics,
researcher, and customer support, (and especially artist encouragement)
The Mickie Mueller Collection has grown into a full-time business. Dans tireless
contribution and commitment to the business end of The Mickie Mueller
Collection also allows Mickie to focus on visiting the magical worlds of
her imagination and creating detailed portraits of myth and legend.
Mickie, Dan and their studio are located at their country homestead, Aelfheim, nestled in the Meramec River valley in Missouri.
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