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FEATURED: ONE DAY
14×11 inches in the back of a re-enforced canvas. Spackle, sea shells, and acrylic paints.
A Statement from The Artist:
There are so many days, sometimes event moments in a day, that I want to give up. On those days I close my eyes and imagine the feeling of the sun beating down on my face, a light breeze keeping me cool, sand cradling my body, and the sound and feel of waves gently washing over me every few seconds. One day I will live at the beach, but that’s a dream I haven’t been able to reach yet. I created this sculpture to get me closer to that dream.
It took me six months to create because I sat there with an eye dropper and plaster carefully wetting and drying this surface until I could could close my eyes and literally feel the shape of water. Then I had to grind up plaster in a Ziploc bag and sprinkle it on top to create a sand effect, and place each sea shell one by one. Lastly I agonized over each drop of paint, because if I messed that part up I had to completely start over. It is one of the only pieces of art I have ever created that truly feels finished, because it’s not fast art. It was born from my art and soul only for myself, and if I didn’t need to I would never sell it.
This piece is priced at such a high rate because when I feel overwhelmed I still close my eyes and run my fingers over the waves to remind myself what I’m doing this for. It sits at the wall directly across from my bed, and it is the first thing I see when I wake up and the last thing I see before I go to bed. I tell myself I can’t quit until I am sitting on that beach outside my home experiencing the real deal, and if I get that far then I’ll have to come up with an even bigger dream.
The Journey Collection
A raw and vulnerable expression of the artist’s personal survival story.
Self Portrait
14x11 inches displayed in a shadow box. Black acrylic paint, rose quartz stones, dried flowers, safety pins, glue, and bath crystals.
A Statement from The Artist:
This is where I came from and what I’m going towards. At first I was held together by safety pins, but the more I grew the more all the different colors in me blossomed.
Bury the past.
8x6 inch framed drawing. Sketch paper & art markers.
A Statement from The Artist:
This is a piece very important to me. I drew this the day I realized I had spent most of my life trying to give the little girl I used to be all the things she never had. In order to be fully present in my life today I needed to accept that she is gone, and nurture the person she became.
Brain on PTSD
12x10 inches framed painting. Canvas & acrylic paint.
A Statement from The Artist:
My inspiration for this came from a scene from SpongeBob. There was a fire in his brain and all the important information started flying out of his brain’s file cabinets. That’s what C-PTSD felt when I made this.
The Pour Collection
Red, White, & Warrior
20x24 inch canvas & acrylic paint.
Bleeding Heart
20x24 inch canvas & acrylic paint.
Earth Explosion
20x24 inch canvas & acrylic paint.
Dragons
16x20 inch canvas & acrylic paint.
The World Collection
Honey Gold.
8x10 inch. Plaster, resin, mica powder, & acrylic paints on canvas.
A Statement from The Artist:
I do believe there will be a day that honey flows like gold again. One day we will be surrounded by life and color everywhere we go. It sounds like a dream, but I believe it’s true.
Gold Harvest.
16 inch diameter. Plaster, acrylic paints, & mica powder on canvas.
A Statement from The Artist:
If the moon was made of gold, they’d call it a Harvest Moon.
An Undefined Collection
I See Inverse
Artist Statement
My goal with this drawing was to illustrate that nothing is as it seems. When I look at the world I see every possible version of it and my art aims to give you a window too.
The original drawing is from an inverse perspective, done on white paper with graphite pencils. The true image cannot be seen until the viewer shifts their perspective. In this case, the true image can be seen by inverting the colors on a lens or photograph.
This is the true image, or the artist’s vision. The artist carefully considered all opposite colors to draw the image you saw on paper.
Hint: If you are viewing on a smart phone, go to Settings>Accessibility> Color>Invert/Inversion