Make Peace with Reflection

When I was about 16 or so, I went to a family camp in Big Sur with my mom and my brother.  There was a young kiddo there who, with great authority, told me one day, "You're going to be a funny looking adult." Pretty sure I gave him my best stink eye and wandered off with a new friend I'd made. Well, I can't begin to tell you how many times in my life that little kiddo's words have echoed in my head as I've done this adult thing. An inopportune reflection in a mirror...an unflattering photo..."Oh, fudge, I AM a funny looking adult!" Oy. Thankfully, the older I get the more at peace I've become with reflecting upon my reflection.

"Make Peace with Reflection." 

8"x8" on canvas

Media: acrylic

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Letting Things Go

 Is it too soon to be dreaming about winter weather?

“I realize there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter,

how they’re experts at letting things go.” - Jeffrey McDaniel

8"x8" on canvas

Media: acrylic and ink

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Be Kind

In a world where you can be anything, be kind.

"Be Kind"

Acrylic

Original available here for $10

8"x8" on scrap cardboard

Prints available on request.

(Printed image may be slightly cropped for printing purposes.)

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Rise Above

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Rise Above"

8"x8" on 1.5" deep canvas

painted edges, ready to hang 

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By all means, do it.

"Mostly, what I have learned so far about aging, 

despite the creakiness of one's bones and cragginess 

of one's once-silken skin, is this: Do it. By all means, do it."

-Maya Angelou

"By all means, do it."

8"x8" on 1.5" deep canvas

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Sad Clown

"I find I have to be the sad clown:

laughing on the outside,

crying on the inside."

-James Gandolfini

"Sad Clown

8"x8" on 1.5" deep canvas

painted edges, ready to hang

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Moonlight Mates

"A friend may be waiting

behind a stranger's face."

-Maya Angelou

"Moonlight Mates"

8"x8"

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Nothing is ever just Black and White

I started this piece by closing my eyes and doodling on a canvas with charcoal. When I opened my eyes I saw so many things in those lines and squiggles. I took a photo and posted it on facebook positioned four different ways (see below) and I was delighted to see that my friends saw many things in the doodle as well. What fun!

I decided I liked this positioning best.

"Nothing is ever just Black and White"

8"x8"

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Loving Yourself

"Loving yourself is the greatest revolution."

-Anonymous

"Loving Yourself"

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Wise One

"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening

when you'd have preferred to talk."

-Doug Larson

"Wise One"

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Left

Left over, left out, left to my own devices,

all that is left to tell, I left you far behind.

"Left"

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Some Secrets will Never be Told

Whatever this lovely had on her mind she certainly kept to herself.

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"Some Secrets will Never be Told"

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Adorned with Love

I have clear teenage memories of hugging a cow at the base of the Alps and having an incredible connection and being filled with so much love. I imagine that were I a cow who got to live out my days blissfully eating grass and laying around under a big shade tree that I would be incredibly honored to have my skull painted when I no longer roamed the Earth.

"Adorned with Love"

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Floating Just Below the Surface

There are days that leave you feeling like you are floating just below the water's surface...struggling for a breath that may never be attained.

Through October 20th I will be donating 50% of my original art sales to the Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL), Texas 21 Chapter. More information may be found here. Let's make the climate great again!

"Floating Just Below the Surface"

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Be the Change

"Be the change that you wish to see in this world."

-Mahatma Gandhi

We all have ways that we choose to support positive change in this world of ours. My way, I've decided, is through my art. I absolutely want to be politically active but I've found that making phone calls, writing letters to the editor, showing up at a congressperson's office, etc. is not a fit for me. But selling my art as part of fundraising efforts...well...this is something that I can do, have done, and will continue to do.

So...through October 20th I will be donating 50% of my original art sales to the Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL), Texas 21 Chapter. More information may be found here. Let's make the climate great again!

"Be the Change"

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Canyon Wren

Wrens...they remind us that "it is not the material items we gain, but the quality of relationships made along the way that enrich our lives." Home is, indeed, where the heart is.
source

Wise creatures for sure.

"Canyon Wren"

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Once Upon a Time he was but a Twinkle in his Father's Eye

I've got a soft spot in my heart for father/son relationships.

"Once Upon a Time he was but a Twinkle in his Father's Eye"

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Fire and I.C.E.

“Let's stop believing that our differences

make us superior or inferior to one another.”

Don Miguel Ruiz

"We are more alike, my friends,
than we are unalike."

Maya Angelou

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Peace, Love, and Pussyhats 2

This is my second in a series I've titled "Peace, Love, and Pussyhats". Here's the link to the scoop.

Hmmmmmm...I'm thinking this would be super cute on a t-shirt!

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Peace, Love, and Pussyhats 1

I insist on being positive these days. And part of my positivity comes from figuring out things that I CAN do. And being creative is absolutely on my "can do" list. So, in celebration of peace, love, and pussyhats, I'm doing a series with that theme in mind.

"Peace, Love, and Pussyhats 1"

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