Alison McDonald
Artwork for The Watersprite Tarot© designed and painted by Alison McDonald.
Alison McDonald’s tarot card artwork
“I started my working life as a Community Psychologist employed by the government in rural NSW. I ended up spending quite a few years creating The Watersprite Tarot - how this quantum leap in perspective occured is a mystery to me. Having no formal art training behind me, it has initially been a long and arduous process to design and illustrate the cards, especially trying to master the craft of watercolour. However it has also been a journey of great joy and discovery. To me the most impotant aspects of the cards are symbology, colour, mood and energy. I think the archetypal symbols of the tarot are universal and fixed in history.” Alison Muir McDonald.
Each card is intended to fit inside a frame. There are 78 cards + 1 blank. See the FINAL PRINTED DECK →
Above: the High Priestess.
Above: the the Empress.
Above: the Fool designed and painted by Alison McDonald.
Above: the Wheel of Fortune.
Above: the World
Above: the Queen of Swords.
All artwork © Alison McDonald. Contact Alison McDonald→
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