art – Page 23 – Out of the Gutter Art

Beverly’s Beach

the utter satisfaction and relief at a commission finally completed!

My Lifeline, Continued

My Lifeline During Manic Episodes (con’t). . . Where does a seventeen-year-old go, when she jumps out of her boyfriends moving car while on microdotContinueContinue reading “My Lifeline, Continued”

My Lifeline During Manic Episodes

. These days, research into the disease of Bipolar Disorder has definitively found that those with this devastating illness have different synapses of the brain firing during certain situations, as opposed to those without a BP diagnosis. Tangible, physical proof that the Disorder is a chemical malfunction of the brain, not some kindContinueContinue reading “My Lifeline During Manic Episodes”

Days Gone By

This painting has been chosen by The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation to be part of their permanent collection. It will be in the Insights IV Art Exhibition in October in Chicago. I will add more info soon. . I just went to see my aunt across the state, and came back sad. It willContinueContinue reading “Days Gone By”

Just Fly Away

There have been many thoughts of escape running through my mind of late. A natural reaction to the primal fear this disease is causing, I think. I have always been an escapist, a dreamer, prone to flights of fancy. This image is one of my dreams, soaring across turbulent seas, racing the wind!

Home, a place I used to run away from. (Doe, a deer, a female deer…) It felt like Prison to my adolescent heart that yearned for escape. From all the anger and bitterness, all the dislike we harbored for each other. And run I did, but still tethered to the safety net of a MotherContinueContinue reading

RECYCLED ART!

Hello, my friends. I am hoping that you are doing well, enduring this Pandemic with a sense of inner peace and compassion for other human beings. Now is a time when I pull on all my strength from sources I have long depended on to get me through major trauma and trials. My loveContinueContinue reading “RECYCLED ART!”

The Unveiling!

Shall I call it “UNBAGGING”? I told you that you would never guess my source photo, in the last post’s images. Well here it is: . Here’s the deal: I was ready to take Kleo for her daily walk, mask on, prepared to face the outside world. I had just finished watching (another) horrible newscastContinueContinue reading “The Unveiling!”