Beth Hansen-Buth
Mystical Fantasy Artist

Beth Hansen-Buth, painter of faery and myth, has emerged as one of today's premier visionary artists. Working out of her studio in her 96 year old bungalow in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Beth's work is increasingly sought out by collectors of fantastic art from all over the world.

Born on June 17th 1966, Beth showed an early interest in art which was encouraged by her mother, who was an avid hobby painter, and at the age of seven she began painting in oils with her mother's guidance. This early education as an oil painter was interrupted due to the passing of her mother in 1975. Beth continued to draw and occasionally paint throughout her childhood and teen years, the ease and portability of graphite pencil and sketchbook making that her favorite media for many years. Subjects often included animals and portraits, but when she started reading fantasy literature, dragons and hobbits started appearing in her sketchbook.

Color called to her, though, and she began the long and arduous path of teaching herself oil painting.

In the autumn of 2000 Beth studied Flemish/Dutch oil painting techniques in still life and portraiture in the studio of Jeff Hurinenko in St. Paul, Minnesota, which helped fine-tune her already award winning skills as a painter. Beth blends realism with romance in her oil paintings. Working in layers to achieve luminous skin tones and glowing light effects, she creates magical works inspired by faery lore and mythology.

Featured in FATE Magazine as the Painter to the Faery Court, Beth's visionary work has been published in Pentacle Magazine, Seventh House Publishing's "Season's of the Witch" calendars in 2003 and 2004, and she has done numerous illustrations for "Tales of the Unanticipated", a speculative fiction small press publication.

ARTIST STATEMENT: “Nothing inspires me more than time spent in nature. Feeling the wind in my hair and listening to the leaves rustling in the trees makes me long for my walking stick, and off I go on another journey of wonder and delight. There, I commune with the spirits of nature, great and small. When I get back to my studio, the themes that present themselves in my work are those of transformation and ethereal boundaries. Otherworldly characters such as faeries, mermaids, fauns, gods, goddesses and dryads cross over into our world, opening up new possibilities of thought and influence. I find additional insights from my studies of mythology and faery lore, and they find their way into my paintings enriching each with story."

Beth will keep you updated with
news and her new artwork at
Beth's Fantasy Art & Myth Blog

along with Beth's explorations into fairy tales,
myth, fantasy fiction and film

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Over the years Beth has shown her work at numerous juried shows as well as Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention Art Shows. Here are some of the Honors and Awards she has received:

Marscon 2006 ~ Artist Guest of Honor

TriNocCon 2005 ~ 'Queen's Knight' Honorable Mention - 2D Art

ICON 2004 ~ Artist Guest of Honor

ICON 2003 ~ 'Summer Oak' Best of Show

Shore Leave 2003 ~ 'Summer Oak' Best Fantasy

Duirwaigh Gallery 2002 Emerging Artist's Competition
'Summer Oak' 3rd Place - 2D Category

CONvergence 1999 ~ 'Crystal Morning' Honorable Mention

Minicon 30, 1995 ~ 'Crystal Morning' Best Fantasy

Minicon 27, 1992 ~ 'Dragongentle' Best Black & White

Minicon 27, 1992 ~ 'Shannon's Magic' Best Color Use

Reiki Practitioner

Or How I Discovered Reiki

In her own words: "I had been practicing daily meditation for a little over a month, and loved working with energy to increase my psychic awareness as an intuitive reader. It had the added benefit of giving me clear thinking, balancing my moods and leaving me feeling refreshed and rejuvinated. I had been working at my favorite Metaphysical store Eye of Horus in Minneapolis for quite some time, and I was aware that Reiki services were offered every week. So I thought it was time to learn a little bit more about it, and I asked if anyone could recommend a good book. Reiki Master Maggie Sterba left a copy of Reiki by Carmen Fernandez for me to read. I took it home and read it cover to cover, the energy of Reiki seemed to shine through the words and the beautiful photographs. Filled with peace and joy, I knew that Reiki was for me.

On March 9, 2007 I received Reiki I training and attunement, and have been practicing meditation and self-treatments ever since. Though new to Reiki, it's just a new chapter in my spiritual and healing path. In addition to Reiki, I'm also a trained Pranic Healer, having completed the two day intensive course of Pranic Healing I. Both modalities are wonderful, and since I've got Gemini for both my Sun and Moon it makes perfect sense to me to have double the fun and expertise to offer as part of my services. I was a born learner, so now I've moved on and received Reiki II training and attunement on May 12, 2007. Fully trained to do both hands-on and distance healing with Reiki, I am taking private appointments in my home."

To learn more about Reiki please visit www.reikiartist.com
or read Beth's Reiki Artist Blog to follow her adventures from the beginning!

To learn how to connect to the Earth the way Beth does before readings
or Reiki treatments, try her Earth Energy Tree Meditation

Intuitive Reader

Ever since she was a small child, Beth Hansen-Buth understood that there was a sixth sense people could tap into. Beth was born under the sun sign of Gemini, with her moon in Gemini as well, followed three minutes later by the birth of her identical twin sister. As the babies grew, their mother was fascinated at her daughters' close communication with their own made-up language. At the early age of five, the twin girls were taught deep relaxation techniques and tested by their mother for their ability to communicate without words. Throughout her childhood Beth learned to trust her intuition, and pay attention to what her inner eye told her. As she became an adult, she followed her bliss to become a professional fantasy artist.

Through a series of coincidences, Beth was guided by her muse to study the Tarot. Fascinated by the narrative quality of the symbolic artwork, she quickly began taking her studies very seriously, waking every morning to a new card and a pile of books to learn the meanings. Her paintings went from being mere fantasy images to true visionary works as she continued to work with the Tarot and her intuition.

She began doing Tarot readings for her friends, amazing both herself and those watching with the accuracy of the readings. That's when the Faery started showing themselves to her, first through her pencil, and later as little presences she could feel nearby. When the Faeries' Oracle Deck became available, Beth knew she had to get to know the deck to see if it would work for her. The energy of the readings she did with this deck was noticable to everyone in the room.

Today Beth's mystical fantasy art delights and inspires people all over the world, and now she's been called to share her talents as an intuitive reader and reiki practitioner as well.