"Cadence"
(Watercolor on Canvas)
"Everything's Blue in This World"
(Watercolor on Canvas)
"Your Aura Is Showing"
(Watercolor on Canvas)
"Washing Whispers"
(Watercolor on Canvas)
"Ascension"
(Acrylic on Wood)
About the Artist
Art is healing. It’s redeeming. And sometimes, if you’re lucky, it can be soul settling. Which I believe, is a gift in itself. These things are beyond monetary pleasure, by my measure. Instead affording my energy the channels necessary to shift my focus to the all consuming study of saturating my own soul in growth. Much like a flower stretches towards the sun. Ultimately moonlighting as a soothing middle man between whoever emerges from the blank canvas and the canvas from which it emerges.
My three daughters and I have gone through hell and walked right through that fire, and are each living testaments to how possible it is to ENDURE and overcome. I wasn’t sure what to write for this, so I did some digging in my old notes and found this little nugget that I wrote to my daughters a couple years ago, post trauma. Though originally written for my daughters, I feel deeply that these words might resonate with many on endless sorts of occasions:
“We are of strong women. We will raise stronger women. And they will raise stronger still. We will raise, and by God, we will rise like little doves with sturdy eagle wings. We will rock and descend into unknown turbulence. And again, we will rise. Little girls, we WILL rise. We will teach our young and old alike kindness over fear. We will be gentle and tire selflessly for those who are unable to help themselves and we will not judge nor condemn the trials that lead them into the darkness. Instead, we will extend warm, embracing hands fearlessly into the deep dark sea. Not only will we rise, my girls, but we will pull others up with us. We are not the only ones. Above all be gentle to your own soul. Feed it what it longs for, and be brave enough to seek out and not settle until you find just that.
WE ARE SURVIVORS”