Empowered

 

"Empowered"

12"x9"

Mixed Media

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Black and White 1

 

"Black and White 1"

mixed media

12"x9"

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The Depth of the Gray Area

There's black and white, and then there's all the grays in-between.

For me, that is where the greatest depths lie.

"The Depth of the Gray Area"

Original available here for $25.

12"x9" on watercolor using charcoal that had been discarded and acrylic paint.

Prints available on request.

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

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BW Abstract 2

This is the second of two black and white scraping abstracts in my art journal. I meant to post this right after the other one I'd done, but I forgot. I'm loving creating abstracts!

"BW Abstract 2"

This is an 9.5"x7.5" piece in my art journal. Prints available on request.

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BW Abstract 1

I've been playing with a scraping technique. This time with two colors, black and white. This is the first of two I've already created. I'm envisioning doing more of these with other colors, too.

This is an 9.5"x7.5" piece in my art journal. Prints available on request.

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

All works are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by the artist.

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Dream

"Dreams at first seem impossible,

then seem improbable, and finally,

when we commit ourselves,

become inevitable."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"Dream"

12"x9" on acid free paper, unframed

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On Fire

"Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames."

- Rumi

"On Fire"

This is how it may look framed.

30"x22.5" on acid free paper, deckle edged, unframed

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A family anchored in love weathers all storms.

"A family anchored in love weathers all storms."

- Anonymous

"A family anchored in love weathers all storms."

This is how it may look framed.

22.5"x30" on acid free paper, deckle edged, unframed

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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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Technology Weeps

"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction.

The world will have a generation of idiots."

-Albert Einstein

"Technology Weeps"

10"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

painted edges, ready to hang 

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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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Breathe

Just a reminder....

"Breathe"

12"x12"

 

 

 

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She cried tears for the future and tears for the past.

“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
- Washington Irving

"She cried tears for the future and tears for the past."

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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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Be a Warrior

"There is nothing more beautiful than a warrior woman standing in her power, courage, and confidence. From this place of strength, she is capable of loving the world in a way that transforms pain into promise...and hell into heaven."
-Debbie Ford

"Be a Warrior"

12"x12"

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Flow

Those who flow as life flows

know they need no other force. 

-Lao Tzu

"Flow"

The drips flow off the sides...and I signed it on the side, too.

12"x12"

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Serenity

"Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance."

- Unknown

"Serenity"

10"x8"

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His Magesty, the Queen

"When you become the image of

your own imagination, it's the most

powerful thing you could ever do."

-RuPaul

"His Majesty, the Queen"

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Nothing is Beyond our Reach

"Once we accept our limits, we move beyond them.

-Albert Einstein

I couldn't help myself. There's simply so much to love and adore about giraffes.

"Nothing is Beyond our Reach"

5"x5"

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