From the first time I went to San Juan Bautista, I have always felt an energy there coming up through the ground and into my heart. It is healing and I feel the presence of Mary and Brigid when I am there. Thousands of Ohlone Indians are buried there and the San Andreas Fault runs through it. The magic is intense for me. In San Juan Bautista, I asked for a sign, shortly after moving back to CA , that I had done the right thing. I said, “It could be a lizard, a crow, a snake, an owl.” Shortly after asking, 10 crows flew over my head, cawing. It made me smile.
Dinah Abbott | self-taught artist 
Sorry it’s taken me a bit to get back to you. Work has been taking a lot out of me again.
I found this painting amazingly stunning! I mean like big-time “Wow” when I first opened it. Your technical skills are growing by leaps and bounds! I love that I see you in the painting…..I always recognize that it’s you of course….you capture yourself so well, but sheesh, even at that angle. Damn girl!!! It’s a wonderful image and I was struck by the view of the building, because SJB holds a memory for me from when I was a little girl, visiting it on a fieldtrip the first time.
I freakin’ love the barn owl too. One of my totem animals! Fantastic!!
It really moves me to know that it is such a centering, healing place for you. I’m glad you can get up and go there when called!
I’m glad this Dinahvision has been captured and given voice by your soul.