Category: digital art

• Sick, Sick, SICK OF IT…

  2–4 minutes

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  07/05/2020

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  art, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, death, digital art, dreams, Flowers, Found Objects, garden art, garden Photography, gift, gratitude, Hope, identity, insomnia, Joy, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed Media, out of the gutter, pain, painting, Photography, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Recovery, Healing, recycled, recycled art, repurposed, Serenity, sobriety, Success, Teaching, Therapy, treasures

  …this post is winding itself around my consciousness like my fairy python-mother…

  

• The Unveiling!

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  04/18/2020

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  art, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Creativity, digital art, faith, garden art, gift, God, gratitude, grief, Hope, Injustice, Job, Joy, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed Media, painting, Photography, promises, PTSD, Real Life, Recovery, Healing, repurposed

  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 newscast…

  

• I Don’t Feel Very Good.

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  04/15/2020

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  art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Confidence!, Creativity, Denial, digital art, disability, Employment, Excellence, faith, garden art, gift, Hope, identity, insomnia, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed Media, moving day, moving on, out of the gutter, pain, painting, Photography, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Real Life, Recovery, Healing, recycled, recycled art, Saving Money, Sex abuse, Success, treasures, Vigil

    Can you dig it? I am sure most all of you can, gentle readers. You can probably deduce from my latest posts that my creative powers seem rather discombobulated. I would have to agree with you.  The “SITUATION” certainly has a dampening effect on my spirit; whereas I used to force myself to get…

  

• MAKING ART to QUIET MY NERVES!!!

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  04/08/2020

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  art, Art Collectors, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, caregiving, Chronic Depression, Confidence!, Creativity, digital art, Excellence, Flashbacks, garden art, garden Photography, gratitude, grief, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Injustice, Job, Joy, love, Making Money, Mania, mental illness, Mixed Media, pain, painting, Photography, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, Recovery, Healing, recycled, recycled art, repurposed, Saving Money, Serenity, shih-tzus, Success, Therapy

  I don’t know about you , but I’ll starting to feel it…It’s like a weak electric current close to the floor , strengthening as each day passes… More awful news, more isolation and “distancing”-the current gets a little stronger moving to the top of my legs now. I’m getting antsy, and even though I have…

  

• What Does Artistic Success LOOK Like?

  4–6 minutes

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  09/15/2019

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  acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Assemblage, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, career, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, concrete art, Confidence!, Creativity, digital art, disability, Employment, Excellence, faith, Finances, Flashbacks, Found Objects, garden art, gift, God, gratitude, Handicapped, Hope, identity, identity theft, Injustice, insomnia, Investing in Art, Job, Joy, learning, love, Making Money, Mania, Master, mental illness, Mixed Media, moving day, moving on, Oil, pain, painting, Photography, poems, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Real Life, recycled, recycled art, repurposed, Retirement,, Saving Money, Serenity, Sex abuse, sexual assault, sobriety, Success, Teaching, Therapy, Top, treasures

  Wouldn’t we all like to know, right? Yes! We all want to be a great “success” in our chosen field, and many artists have a clear idea of what they need to be successful. Speaking for myself, I thought success would mean the end of financial struggle, to a point. As a person with mental…

  

• Evolution of Self 2008-2018

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  08/17/2018

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  acrylic, art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, digital art, disability, dreams, Excellence, faith, Flowers, Found Objects, garden Photography, gratitude, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Injustice, Joy, learning, love, Making Money, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Oil, painting, Photography, poems, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Real Life, Recovery, Healing, recycled art, repentance, repurposed, sexual assault

         Quite a Journey, this “Being Me”…These images only show a tiny portion of my different self images, and perhaps one day I will caption them. Right nowI’m just too, too tired…

  

• RILEY the Elegant Elephant

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  12/23/2017

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  art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Assemblage, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, death, Denial, digital art, disability, Employment, Excellence, faith, Finances, Flashbacks, Found Objects, garden art, garden Photography, gift, God, gratitude, grief, Handicapped, Hope, identity, Injustice, insomnia, Investing in Art, Joy, learning, love, Making Money, Mania, Master, Mixed Media, mothers, moving day, moving on, out of the gutter, pain, painting, Photography, poems, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, Recovery, Healing, recycled, recycled art, repurposed, Retirement,, Saving Money, Serenity, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, shih-tzus, sobriety, Success, Teaching, Therapy, Top, Uncategorized

  An update on our dear friend Riley!