Learn from everything, see everything, feel everything! — Pamela Colman Smith (image via Wikimedia) The Star, the Hanged Man, Death and the Knight of Pentacles. The Chariot, the Three of Cups, the Three of Wands and the Empress. These now-iconic tarot images were created by Pamela (known as "Pixie" to her friends) Colman Smith, a Jamaican-British "psychic artist" of the early 20th century. Before she crafted these mystical pieces, she wandered New York as a painter, costumer, set designer and political activist. The renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz helped get Pixie her first gallery show in 1907, and celebrities like even collected some of her originals, but her work remained a bit too mystical for the mainstream — she told Stieglitz she often painted "visions" that visited her as she listened to music.
A Woman to Know: Pixie Colman Smith
A Woman to Know: Pixie Colman Smith
A Woman to Know: Pixie Colman Smith
Learn from everything, see everything, feel everything! — Pamela Colman Smith (image via Wikimedia) The Star, the Hanged Man, Death and the Knight of Pentacles. The Chariot, the Three of Cups, the Three of Wands and the Empress. These now-iconic tarot images were created by Pamela (known as "Pixie" to her friends) Colman Smith, a Jamaican-British "psychic artist" of the early 20th century. Before she crafted these mystical pieces, she wandered New York as a painter, costumer, set designer and political activist. The renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz helped get Pixie her first gallery show in 1907, and celebrities like even collected some of her originals, but her work remained a bit too mystical for the mainstream — she told Stieglitz she often painted "visions" that visited her as she listened to music.