THE LOWBROW TAROT PROJECT

19: The Sun

"The Tarot like life is so full of chance and it is very fitting how I came to find myself with The Sun card or more like the sun card found me through a series of events but it has turned out to be the card I needed to take on. I feel very fortunate being a part of this project since I was young the tarot always held a place of mystery and fascination. I believe the tarot can simply aid one in sorting out life issues suggesting themes we all struggle with by highlighting them through a reading. The Tarot is not mere magic to me, it's more of way to meditate and focus in on certain aspects of your life unlocking something within yourself bringing greater attention toward solving and moving past issues. Having the sun card find me was a form of enlightenment opening me up to realizations about life and people through acceptance of situations. It helped me meditate on expanding outward a brilliance of self assured happiness discovering one's own voice. I found a personal power within myself during a transitory time breaking free from certain personal walls that were holding me back which caused me to find that greater self assurance and optimism about my future. My personal journey was extremely cathartic using this card to really symbolize all that I was dealing with. This card was really about focusing in on positivity and exploding negativity outward away from ones center and letting positive rays of light shine down opening one up for new growth. By remaining open one moves past negative situations allowing oneself to embrace the joyful energy and opportunities life has to offer."

Angie Mason was born in Northern New Jersey but was uprooted quite often during her younger years. This chaotic, disjointed upbringing helped inform her visual imagination and sensibilities. She is a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York City. Her extensive body of work has centered on a visual examination of modern life in a unique and sometimes frightening look through a ‘grotesque folk-pop lens’ of character narratives. These narratives have established Mason firmly in the forefront of the modern contemporary art movement with solo and group exhibitions in both museum and galleries throughout the United States and internationally.

Mason’s undeniable originality has garnered her attention from publishers and collectors alike, such as actress and poet Amber Tamblyn and the multifaceted Aprella among them. Her list of expanding accolades range from the 'EdgyCute' art survey book by Harry Saylor and the collaboration 'Feedback Project' where Adrian Stout of The Tiger Lillies, composed original music based on Mason’s artwork. Mason brings her social and environmental awareness to the public through various charity art shows such as the Whaleless Exhibition which toured throughout Germany and Italy and showcased at the Milan Civic Aquarium.

The artist currently resides and works in Northern New Jersey with her husband and their very bad kitty in a spooky old colonial house they call home.