Origin Story

About the Fierce, Fabulous & Feminine Portrait Series

Phyllis Anne Taylor – also known as ‘Pannet’ – created her Fierce, Fabulous & Feminine portrait series with the inspiration to reflect Black and Brown women in all their female glory, fully embracing themselves, their life experiences, and stories. She believes that the storms and challenges of life are what make women fierce and fabulous, and invites women to embody the power of their divine femininity, always being authentic, never jeopardizing their individuality. Her images reflect her commitment to living this out and inspiring other women to do the same.

The feeling of freedom and wholeness these images invoke are connected to the way they reflect women expressing themselves from their own lens and perspective – not how others (the world) sees them. This type of image making and storytelling is a motivating factor for Phyllis and was the fuel for the creation of the series. Through visual art Phyllis wishes to teach women how creating their own Divine Feminine images can help them heal internal wounds they may harbor around body image, emotional, physical or psychological pain that many women may have been suppressing.

Phyllis created these portraits inspired by the Intentional Creativity® method, which allows her to share her healing journey with others by showing women the coping methods used to help move her through and to the other side of pain. Phyllis shows women how to visually release hurts using image to change their own stories. This act of creation is empowering and changes the creator in remarkable ways.

Blood connects all women.

An ancient legend tells of an invisible Red Thread that connects all those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance. Twisting, turning tangling, stretching but never breaking until those destinies meet. Each person is responsible only for their piece of the thread.

Unique connections.

Women are connected in many ways….the most common is being/or having been in bondage of some sort under a patriarchy. Enslavement, Attempted Annihilation and Internment. One woman sometimes has the dubious privilege of being able to rise above the other three…hence the double face. No matter our cultures we are all Connected as women.

Phyllis Anne Taylor (Pannet) – Artist, Teacher, Elder

As an Intentional Creativity ® teacher and artist, Phyllis Anne Taylor offers individual creativity coaching and facilitates workshops to encourage women and those who support them to focus on acknowledging, accepting, and activating their imagination and insight to fully express their Fierce, Fabulous & Divinely Feminine selves!

Her “Divine Feminine” portrait series shows women reflecting on the lives they are presently living or have lived thus far. There is a feeling of freedom and wholeness in being able to see images that reflect women as they see themselves and not how others see them. Phyllis guides others in creating their own images and choose to heal any wounds that may occur around body image, emotional or physical pain through visual art.

By using painting as an alternative method to express their feelings women may re-imagine their lives by transforming their pain into purpose through image. Sometimes there are no words to express what one has experienced and even if there were, one is often unable to articulate their feelings because of grief, pain, or shame. By using painting as medicine Intentional Creativity ® can be a powerful healing process which has a way of energizing, nurturing, teaching and mirroring our true selves.

Intentional Creativity® allows Phyllis to share her healing journey with others by showing women the coping methods used to help move her through and to the other side of pain. Phyllis shows women how to visually release hurts using image to change their own stories. This act of creation is empowering and changes the creator in remarkable ways.

Phyllis A. Taylor believes when creativity occurs in broken places transformation happens and Intentional Creativity® is a beautiful catalyst for this transformation.

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Blood connects all women.

An ancient legend tells of an invisible Red Thread that connects all those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance. Twisting, turning tangling, stretching but never breaking until those destinies meet. Each person is responsible only for their piece of the thread.

Unique connections.

Phyllis Anne Taylor (Pannet) – Artist, Teacher, Elder