some may think I'm just a fool tilting at windmills, but maybe I'm not
surviving 2022
a broken knee
a broken heart
and a pile of rejections
from potential employers, past lovers, & literary agents
the year finally ending
in a car crash on an icy road
so much of my year spent
basically
trapped (literally & figuratively)
&
alone (mostly emotionally)
fuck me
i hope 2023
is kinder.
“two if by sea” mixed media on 9X12 watercolor paper…$75
i have been playing with finding an image in an ink stain & finding the story in it.
all the way up top: “hello old friend” ink& pencil & oil pastels & acrylics on watercolor paper…9X12…$75
just above: “down the hall” ink & pencil & oil pastels on watercolor paper…9X12…$75
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i am searching
for a way
to tell a story with my art
as the true story of me
unwinds in my heart
& head
retold
with a new voice
i try to find
the best path
forward
my process for this one (& for “escape”) is to stain a piece of watercolor paper, find an image in the stain, and bring that image/story to life with pencils, oil pastels, ink, & acrylics.
i like what is happening.
& it is kind of a blend of techniques i have used as well as new approaches to art.
maybe i should throw in some collage?
i guess as i figure out who i am…i figure out how to express what i need to express.
9X12 ink, oil pastel, pencil & acrylic on watercolor paper…suggested price of $75
i have just been craving
some literal
hands on artwork
so i found some pencils
to add to my inks & oil pastels
i haven’t used pencils in forever
i poo-pooed their eraserability
but now i find myself desiring
the scribble & smear
of charcoal pencils
i can’t help but wonder
what it means
about me….
(up top: “escape” 9X12 pencil, ink, & oil acrylic on watercolor paper…suggested price of $75)
sometimes the inks just aren’t messy enough. i have been playing with pastels and having a lot of fun. i am not sure where i’m going, but i am really liking some of the results.
the mother & child is a mix of ink & pastels. also i used ink in the skies of the horse drawings.
i just finished journal number 14 and am cracking open journal 15.
when i lived in a housing co-op, years ago, i found an 8X11 art journal in the free store. i took it and started using it in an art class i was taking at uw.
then in 2016, i did inktober for the first time and got in the habit of inking daily.
now i have a crate full of words & images that have spilled out of me. explorations of all the shadows inside me.
art journaling is now a total way of life.
here are some pages of finger painting as i finished up journal #14…
it’s the pagan holiday of samhain
the pagan new year’s
also, the day of the dead
the thinning of the veil
where the dead
creatures from other realms
& other creepsters
(like me)
come around
looking for love….
as a witch, this is a powerful time of year, and a good time to do a lot of personal & magical work. i like the effect it is having on my art 🙂
“over-buttered popcorn” (i let my son name it & his cat’s name is popcorn) …9X12 ink & pastels on watercolor paper…suggested price of $60
feeling a bit creepy
and it shows in my art
this is the one day of the year
i wear make-up
i will be answering my door tonight
as a gruesome ghoul
& handing out monster
cookies.
“flower garden massacre”… 9X12 ink & acrylics on watercolor paper….suggested price of $60
the other night
i had a dream
that i should add acrylics
to my ink drawings
so i woke up & tried it
top image:
“patron saint of forgotten love spells” 9X12 ink & acrylics on watercolor paper…$60 (suggested price)
Quixotic Mama 