Piney Woods Mystic

11/10/2025

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ETA: meant to post this on my personal profile, but here ya go. I’m ready for another trip round the sun! 😊

07/27/2025

Hanging out with my Queenie girl. She’s significantly more calm about being held today; it’s great to see progress like this so quickly 🥰

06/20/2025

Happy Summer Solstice and blessed Litha!

"The word “solstice” comes from the Latin "solstitium," which means “the sun stood still.” It is a natural breaking point in the seasons, and in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s when the sun reaches its Northern apex in the sky. On the Solstice, the sun will pause for a period, before it seemingly reverses course, causing the days to get shorter again.

Throughout history, the solstice was a liminal time to connect with oral traditions, sharing folk tales, songs and ancestral stories, to help us make meaning of our life within the natural cycles of the seasons.

This is a beautiful time to celebrate friendship, and to pause, reflect, and take stock of who we’ve been until now and who we want to be moving forward."

Kristen Roderick, from "Celebrating Friendship with the Summer Solstice" www.kristenroderick.com

Artwork by Tijana Lukovik www.tijanadraws.com

02/17/2025

Artist Spotlight: We highlight a different (non-music) artist every other Monday. We hope you enjoy their work as much as we do!

Next up: Piney Woods Mystic

Here’s a little introduction and Q&A with the artist!

Piney Woods Mystic is run by Danielle Coleson. In her words, “I’m an artist and craftsperson who works in several different mediums, including laser engraved custom gifts, mobiles and sun catchers, fiber arts, beading, bone & insect taxidermy, painting, T-shirts, and graphic design. My work is heavily influenced by nature, astrology, and mysticism. It’s also important to me to create pieces that celebrate LGBTQIA+ identity, female empowerment, and equality. I’m constantly trying to add more in those themes to promote visibility and celebrate the unique intersectionality of our identities.”

How long have you been creating?

I’ve been creating for as long as I can remember. Professionally, I worked in graphic design for almost two decades before starting Piney Woods Mystic, with the majority of that time as the shirt designer at Fredonia Graphics. I opened Piney Woods Mystic as a side project in 2020, and left Fredonia Graphics to go full time with PWM in 2022.

What is your favorite medium?

That’s a tough one for me, because I’m always trying something new. If a medium piques my interest, there’s a good chance I’m going to try it at some point. Some of my favorite pieces involve prisms and rainbows; butterflies, bones, and antique porcelain dolls; or hand embroidery.

How do you approach the beginning of a new piece?

I kind of go through three main phases… First is a period of rest and internalization where it’s all in my head and I’m turning it over to get a sense of what I want. Then the supply and resource phase where I’m getting my hands on everything I think I might need and doing a deep dive into researching subjects, techniques, and materials that I may not be familiar with. Finally the last phase is the actual creating, usually without much physical planning out - just going off the jumble of info I’ve amassed in my head. I just kinda sit down and start trying different things until I like what I see. If I get stuck, I’ll stop for a bit and go back to one of the previous phases or switch over to another project for a while, but mostly the creating phase is a flurry of trial and error and success. Sometimes there’s weeks between one phase and the next, sometimes they all happen in just a few days. At any given time I probably have five to ten projects in one of those first two phases waiting for the right energy and inspiration to come to fruition.

You can follow Piney Woods Mystic on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok! You can also find her pieces at Widdershin Cottage and Nacogdoches T Shirt Company in Nacogdoches, or visit her website at http://pineywoodsmystic.com

02/16/2025

Are y’all excited for the live sale this Friday??

Anything specific you’d like to see? Any particular pieces?

And if you’re a fellow artist or small business owner that’s done a live sale before, I would love any tips or tricks you may have to make things run smoothly 🖤

11/01/2024

Bonewasher

I lay in bed, still dozing,
waiting for sun to break the horizon;
For just enough light to dump
the black water bucket
and wash the bones
before the heat amplifies the stench.
Mask, Vic’s, gloves…check.
Hose, soap, strainer… check.
Rinse, lather, repeat in time.
Let another month pass.

Found in a bed of grass, still posed,
as though it had just laid down for a nap.
Bits of fur, sinew, and dry black bones,
a baby deer, it’s little life cut short.
Its second life will be with me;
I will do my best to honor it.

It’s a slow process, washing bones,
and I’m glad of it.
Honoring the dead should never be rushed.
Time built life upon these bones,
built stories that they will never tell again.
Its only right that it should take time
to wash those stories back into the earth.
My bones hold stories too.
When the time comes I wonder,
who will wash my bones and honor them?

Bonewasher II

I, a bone washer
Dump, fill, soap, repeat, don’t breathe
Death’s last marks erased

10/31/2024

I don’t think I’ve had artwork in an actual gallery for 20 years. I am grateful to be able to donate a piece to this show, to be a part of community art and help fundraiser for growing artists. This piece was healing and cathartic to create, and I hope it resonates with others as much as it does with me. ♥️

10/14/2024

Second heart attempt going much better!

09/17/2024