Category: cats

• ORANGE Baby

  1–2 minutes

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  05/16/2025

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  art, author, cats, memoir

  AKA The Crazy Cat Chapter 3    I didn’t want to become the “Cat Lady” of my new neighborhood. I had gotten off on the wrong foot, on day one, with an off-balance dope fiend who lived directly across the street from me. While attempting to acclimate my kitties to their new home, they had…

  

• AM I FAMOUS YET?

  2–4 minutes

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  11/12/2020

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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…”

  

• The Cathouse

  1–2 minutes

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  10/18/2020

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  art, Artistic Excellence, Assemblage, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, cats, concrete art, Creativity, digital art, disability, dreams, Found Objects, garden art, Garden art,, gift, God, gratitude, Hope, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed Media, Mixed media, painting, Photography, recycled art, sobriety, Success, Therapy, treasures

  Been trapping feral kitties this weekend…but not to kill them. Yay! I’ve been working with a nonprofit called Meow Now, which I believe has chapters nationwide. They catch, neuter/spay , vaccinate and bring back the cats. This then allows the colony to live a healthy life and controls the population of feral cats… An established…

  

• Yellow Belly.

  1–2 minutes

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  10/04/2020

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  acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, career, caregiving, cats, concrete art, Confidence!, Creativity, digital art, disability, dreams, Eternal Life, Excellence, faith, Flashbacks, Found Objects, garden art, garden Photography, gift, God, gratitude, grief, HighFinance, Hope, hospice, identity, Impressionist, insomnia, Investing in Art, Joy, learning, love, Mania, Master, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed Media, Mood Swings, moving day, moving on, Murals, oceans, Oil, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, recycled, recycled art, Success, Surrealism, Teaching, Therapy, Uncategorized, Vigil, voyages

  …Random Words, Targeted Pain….Red, Yellow, Green and Brown Pain…White Pain…My Pain…

  

• The Door is Wide Open

  1–2 minutes

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  08/26/2020

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  acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, caregiving, cats, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, concrete art, Confidence!, Covid19, Creativity, death, digital art, dreams, Flashbacks, Found Objects, garden art, Injustice, Joy, learning, love, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mood Swings

  There are ideas percolating just beneath the surface of my consciousness. They are not fully fleshed out but the juices are flowing and I feel “on the verge” of a breakout work. What is a ‘breakout work’ you ask? Well, I’m asking too, and I believe there is a new direction coming. I have been…

  

• Keep Your Head…and Mine Too

  2–3 minutes

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  07/08/2020

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  art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, career, cats, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, clean, Confidence!, Covid19, Creativity, death, Denial, digital art, dreams, Employment, Excellence, faith, Finances, full moon, photograph, pictures, digital photo art, custom art, learning , new ways to create, layout, publish, expand , giving, talent,into the new, outofthegutterart.com, garden art, garden Photography, gift, gratitude, grief, Handicapped, HighFinance, Hope, identity, identity theft, Injustice, Investing in Art, Job, Joy, learning, love, Making Money, Mania, Master, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed Media, pain, painting, Photography, poems, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, recycled art, Saving Money, sobriety, Success, Therapy, treasures

  …crack a smile or frown a frown…about the wonderful gift of creativity!

  

• Art on the Island 3-D Art Show

  2–3 minutes

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  03/02/2017

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  acrylic, art, Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, cats, concrete art, Confidence!, Creativity, faith, Flowers, full moon, photograph, pictures, digital photo art, custom art, learning , new ways to create, layout, publish, expand , giving, talent,into the new, outofthegutterart.com, gift, God, gratitude, grief, Hope, Joy, love, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, out of the gutter, out of the gutter, painting, promises, re-purposed, Real Life, recycled, Serenity, sobriety, Therapy, treasures

  I was so thrilled to have 2 of my sculpture/assemblage pieces on display! As a new member of the Vero Beach Art Club, I was able to have my work in this exclusive show, and am so happy it was well received! I was not permitted to photograph any art except my own, which was…