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The Dark Sire Magazine , Issue 6 ( Winter 2020 ) Published by BSC Publishing Group Distributed from the United States
Cover art by Shaun Power Copyright © 2020
Shaun Power is a self-taught pastel artist . Before pastels , he tried other mediums but found that the process took too long for his working pace . He started painting about 4 years ago as a form of therapy for Bipolar Disorder , finding that expressing his feelings , blending the pastels with his fingers , and seeing the finished picture was very cathartic . The look , even the style of his pictures , varies wildly depending on his state of mind , with some imagery being very dark and others quite uplifting . Shocked by the intimacy in which people connect with his work , he firmly believes that it is the viewer that creates the magic . The piece presented here is pastel on paper , called
“ Raven .”