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The Ladder Leads Down-Up

11/1/2016

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TELL THE TRUTH OF WHO YOU ARE - 19 X 19 - ACRYLIC AND PENCIL ON PAPER
Sometimes my artist insecurities crop up and tell me that I shouldn't post my paintings so often on social media. They say, "People are getting tired of seeing your stuff."  

I start to doubt my motivation for showing my work, fret about what other people think, and then get annoyed that I am fretting about it...  I quiet my insecurities by telling them them I don't think I post that much.  I don't overload anyone's news feed.  I tell them, "People like seeing my art."  I also let the insecurities know that I know it's just them talking.  After that, they settle down and wait for another opportunity to mess with me.  

I post often because I paint a lot, and I paint a lot of paintings that I really love. 


My paintings resonate at a very heartfelt level, and I want to share that with people. There's a lot of ugliness in the world - anger, hatred, suffering, dark scary stuff.  I'm trying to counter some of the awfulness all around, by being the most magical, powerful version of myself that I can be, because I know change in the world has to begin with me. Painting is one way that I communicate that version of who I am. 

The painting above is one of my intuitive-intentional paintings on paper.  It came into being as a result of a morning walk.  When I go for my gratitude walks, I ask for an intention to hold for the day.  That morning, my intention was "Tell the truth of who you are."  When I got in the studio I wrote it on the paper, and then this painting was born.  


  The Truth of Who I Am
Bigger than you might realize
Insight, Foresight, Near-sight, no Far-sight
An offering of love and wisdom
The ladder leads down-up
Stillness



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    Making art and being inspired by color, story and my dog/muse - Dash and his new little sister, Juli Bean #toteabledog. Portland, Oregon.

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  • PAINTINGS SERIES
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