Shaman: The Paintings of Susan Seddon Boulet
 (Reviewer - Rebecca Brown)
 1989 Pomegranate Artbooks
  ISBN: 0876544332

She returns from her mystic voyages with intact descriptions & elusive profiles of our prophets, our fairy tale lovers, our story-tellers. She captures the spirits who dance in the sun's rays.

We always did want to see the spirit of a tree. Susan Seddon Boulet did - & brings us every detail, enchanting our eyes & entrancing our minds.

From her Rites of Passage & Calling the Allies that shape-shift with uncanny drama; to her Two Worlds & Dreamtime that engage you with deep details; to Amazonas, Skywatcher & Myrrdin, images so fathomlessly remembered I gasped when first turning the pages.

Susan Seddon Boulet's works have been printed on an array of cards: for astrology, occasions & emotions; usually displayed in fabulous stores like Phoenix Rising in Port Townsend - what once were called "head shops" - where the incense of cedar or myrrh waft above racks of attractive books for the heart, mind & soul; where fabrics from around the world brighten up white walls & local artists' works are hung along the high Victorian red-brick walls. Here too, for a brief moment, hung Susan Seddon Boulet's images.

Eagle Woman, Spider Woman & Coyote Woman Dreaming touch the heart, uncurl our modern neutered spirits & fill our eyes with affection, calm & starlight.

I gave this volume of wondrous visions to my husband, friend & lover one birthday, as we share much of the same imagery & spirit-talk. In a Susan Seddon Boulet card for the month of his birth I wrote a poem as much inspired by the love we shared as by the love we shared for this artist's work.

A gift that keeps on giving with heart warming images, soothing subjects & fascinating details.

Other works include:
Susan Seddon Boulet: The Goddess Paintings
The Power of the Bear: Paintings by Susan Seddon Boulet
Goddesses Knowledge by Susan Seddon Boulet
and
Susan Seddon Boulet: A Retropsective by Michael Babcock
(05/30/99)

Rebecca