Artist Mollie Kellogg's "Incognito Witch" Examines the Hidden Psyche

SYRACUSE, N.Y., Aug. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Artist/film-maker Mollie Kellogg has a message for you – Don't suppress your inner magick!

Her Incognito Witch paintings reveal her subjects' hidden psyche – inner magick – suppressed to meet society's expectations. Semi-nude, true-to-life figures emerge from a textured, glitter-embedded realm, evoking a Mother Nature archetype. Power, strength, attraction, empathy and vulnerability fight for dominance. Paintings: http://molliekellogg.com/works/category/witches.html

Since its inception, many models have expressed their bucket-list desire to be a part of the project in order to address self-empowerment, self-love or body issues, and have shared personal stories of healing with Mollie. "Hopefully instead of just making pretty pictures, I am making something that has an impact on people," explains Kellogg in the video presentation Mollie Kellogg Presents: Incognito Witch 2014. http://molliekellogg.com/works/videos.html

The "hidden inner magick" message has resonated with like-minded organizations, organizations that promote a mission to change the world through art. The award-winning "Incognito Witch: You Me Us" depicting a semi-nude Rubenesque mother and her two draped daughters, is on exhibit at ArtRage Gallery, 505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse, NY, Sept. 6 – Oct. 18. Q&A with Mollie Kellogg Sat., Sept. 6, 2–3pm, Reception 7–9pm.

The family resemblance is uncanny as the three sit side-by-side on a 60"x48" canvas. Their heads adorned with flowers, the youngest fondles a tiara as the mother clutches a gilded mirror, a family heirloom. "Everything in this painting has meaning to me. Being with my daughters, how much we resemble each other, our different stages of womanhood... the mirror represents my children as a reflection of myself," says Mollie's long-time friend, Lynn, who did not hesitate when Mollie asked if she and her daughters would pose. "There was some discomfort in the nudity aspect for me, who wants to see the PTA President's saggy old boob? But I see it now as such beauty – women are so beautiful. All of us."
IMAGE: http://www.molliekellogg.com/pr/you-me-us_KELLOGG_72dpi.jpg

"I see my art as a way to promote self-acceptance, laughter, play, healing, community and personal possibility," says Kellogg, who has taken her message from canvas to film. Mollie stars in the short film Incognito Witch: Paint My Life (winner of the LGBTQAI Track Award at Nine Worlds in London), which will screen at Heal One World's Awareness Film Festival at Promenade Playhouse, 1404 3rd St. Promenade, Santa Monica, CA, Sun., Sept. 21, 12pm.

Contact Mollie Kellogg at [email protected], or for more information on the Incognito Witch Project visit www.incognitowitch.com.

SOURCE Mollie Kellogg