follow your joy

Follow Your Joy, mixed-media on wood

Painting what I want. Following my joy. Letting go of the idea that I must have a message, a concept, something clever. I've relieved myself from the idea that I need to rock the world.. even a little.
And in doing so... I am free to rock mine. Free to follow my joy. This is fun. This is healing. This is good.

in between

detail of new work in-progress, August 1, 2015

in between...

young and old,
before and after,
birth and death,
past and future,

now.

Life Bleeds into Art

The eight images below are titled message series.
Created in 2013, one year after my final chemo treatment. With optimism and fear battling for my attention, I was trying to hold on to optimism and to let go of fear, and to get back to my self. To stay healthy. To move on. It was a summer of the red-winged black bird, black horse, and white horse. Everywhere I turned, there they were. These images represent a collision of my inner and outer experiences that year.