Category: Mixed media
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The Hurrier I Go…
2–3 minutes·
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acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Depression, clean, Confidence!, Covid19, Creativity, death, dreams, Flashbacks, garden art, Garden art,, gift, grief, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Impressionist, Injustice, insomnia, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed media, Mood Swings, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, painting, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, repentance, self worth, Sex abuse, sexual assault, sobriety, Success, Surrealism, Therapy, whimsical artTHE BEHINDER I GET How true, how true that Pennsylvania Dutch saying is. I squander my art endeavors, rushing from this deadline to that, frazzled, befuddled and unsatisfied. That may be what drove Van Gogh insane, the constant turmoil to do better. I am making the presumption that perhaps the rapid cycling Bipolar Disorder that…
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The Big Show
2–3 minutes·
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One just can’t help getting one’s hopes up when entering shows. You read the call, you think “Wow! Piece of Cake! That’s exactly the kind of art I do anyway!” If , on the other hand I said, “Wow! That is one tough call. I WILL REALLY HAVE TO DIG DEEP AND PUSH MY LIMITS…”…
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IN the Mirror
1–2 minutes·
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acrylic, Addiction, Anorexia/Bulemia, art, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, Confidence!, Creativity, Denial, disability, Excellence, faith, Flashbacks, gratitude, identity, Impressionist, Joy, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed media, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, painting, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Recovery, Healing, Self harm, self worth, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, sobriety, Success, Surrealism, Therapy, Transformation, Vigil, voyagesrecognizing my BIPOLAR self image I’m in “Wonderland” right now. Been here for a week or so. Time seems to be inching by, my head too heavy to lift off the pillow. Not sick physically, I’m just…just…what can I tell you? I have had some unknown trigger going me headlong into a timewarp. Into a…
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Birds of Paradise
3–4 minutes·
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art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Birds, Creativity, death, digital art, disability, dreams, faith, Flashbacks, garden art, gift, gratitude, grief, Hope, identity, Joy, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed media, pain, Photography, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, Transformation, whimsical art“…running to the window, still asleep, she fell thru the glass with a crash…”
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GRINDING AWAY
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‘Progress, not perfection.’ Who said that? I hate you, whoever you are. Because I…WANT…PERFECTION! The Earth keeps spinning on it’s Axis, and my mind keeps spinning like a mouse wheel. A recent medical issue charges my thoughts with negative ions, even with semi-positive news reports… Nothing to see here, folks. Let’s keep moving… Relevance…that’s the…
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Eating Art
2–4 minutes·
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I eat a lot of my art. Great flow, free strokes, endless imagination…stuffed in my spare bedroom. “What spare bedroom?” You have a right to ask, especially when the door is always shut, the cat box takes center stage, there is no sign of any bed and the entire perimiter is taken up with painted…
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AM I FAMOUS YET?
2–4 minutes·
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art, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, caregiving, cats, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, Creativity, disability, Employment, Finances, Flashbacks, gift, gratitude, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Injustice, insomnia, Joy, love, Mania, Master, mental illness, Mixed Media, Mixed media, out of the gutter, pain, painting, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, recycled art, Serenity, shih-tzus, sobriety, Teaching, Therapy“…I was a rebel…not knowing thousands of feet had gone down that same road days…months…centuries before…”
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Are You Confused?
2–3 minutes·
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acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, Confidence!, Covid19, Creativity, death, disability, dreams, Excellence, Flashbacks, Flowers, Garden art,, garden Photography, gift, God, gratitude, Hope, horses, Impressionist, Injustice, insomnia, learning, Making Money, Management, Mania, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed media, Oil, outsider art, pain, painting, poems, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Recovery, Healing, recycled art, shih-tzus, voyages, whimsical artWho Was I Then? Am I Now? Who Will I Become? I know that we change, it is a natural thing. I’m not hung up on the aging process… the CREATIVE PROCESS is where my interest lies. My creative life ebbs and flows like the ocean, like my moods, like my illness… Must I always…
Out of the Gutter Art 