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Beautiful Soul Breathe Please remove masks Before assisting others Breathe Now descend Three two one Breathe Locate your Gift guide Safe exit Blanket Pillow Breathe We advise No conscious effort Breathe Release Thoughts Release Feelings Breathe Again Let’s ascend Breathe One two three Breathe Be free Beautiful Soul
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This fall I’ve completed a set of 8 feather pendants. They are all one of a kind and hand made with polymer clay, resin, acrylic paint, and mixed media. As my process is intuitive, the pendants have been through an alchemy of unforeseen transformation. I’m including some behind the scene images too so you get…
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This summer I created rings and pendants with resin and I added them to my shop this week. The rings include dry plants. The pendants are made with resin that includes heat sensitive pigments that are black when it’s cold and light gray when its warm. I put a ton of silver glitter in the…
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“Have you had your art today?” is a new creative storytelling opportunity from Arts for Humanity! In response to the challenges presented by our current health emergency, the organization is offering a new platform to inspire the community to engage with their unique creative process. I’ve contributed three dream stories to the project to help seed…
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This series is bright colors with metallic acrylics. The loose canvas rectangles are cut from a larger piece. The main painting from this canvas was double sided. I will put photos of the original in the collage below. A Rumi poem inspired some of this work. Physical separation of the head with a cut canvas…
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My daily creative practice requires self-discipline. The current health emergency is clearly in today’s drawing. The figure is bending the curve in my picture as we all aim to stop the exponential growth of the Covid-19 pandemic. I also choose to work with oil pastels from my great grandmother. I like using art materials given…
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Mixed media on stretch canvas, 20×30″.
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CAW is an amazing community art space in Santa Barbara. Today they have a one day pop up show that features over 400 artworks, all 12×12 inches in size. I submitted four from my door series.
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Last night I dreamt that I found a peacock wandering on a tennis court and as I looked closely it’s feathers turned from dark to white. The transformation was so shocking and beautiful. I woke up in a state of wonder about what I had just experienced in the dream. It took me a while…
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