Out of the Gutter Art

Outrageous Bipolar Expressions

Category: mothers

  •   These words I hear each night, her breath to my ear: It’s alright/ Rest now, dream of softest things: Of rain, of sunset, of gentle wings/ Flights of birds, round your bed/ Warm fur to rest your dreamy head/ Rabbit, fox, bear or mouse/ none to fear around this house! A mother’s breast she…

  • Orange Baby

    CHAPTER 4 THE SAGA CONTINUES      I got off track in the last chapter…      Too many offshoots and alleyways. Let’s move along a few years to 2020…Pandemic lock down, I’m working on Zoom with some friends. Suddenly, Donna breaks in with a plea, ” Would anyone like a Maine Coon kitten?” All the girls…

  • It’s Just Me…

    “He bandaged my broken hands that had beaten down my own hopes…”

  • I Miss What I Imagined I would Miss

    …the room seems to awaken with her…golden rays fall…like the petals of an opening rose…

  • “INSIDE VOICE” a New Series of Works

    “…look into this inner world and I promise I will use my “INSIDE VOICE”.

  • The Journey, a Debut Art Video

      .  This project was a couple years in the making for me, and was born from the bottomless grief I was dealing with then. As caregiver to both of my parents after a 23 year-long active addiction, and after a devestating breakup of my marriage when my ex went to Federal Prison, I was…

  • Feeling at War with Myself

    I have been languishing here, letting myself fall off the edge of sanity for a while. Is it physical?emotional?spiritual? No, not spiritual, for I feel close to my Creator. I just feel diminished, somehow, like my life’s blood has been watered down. Perhaps when the rainy season ends I will blossom again. Till then, my…

  • We’re All Innocent by Susan T. Martin

    This painting is Mixed Media on Canvas, 24″x 36″ signed and unframed. It is the culmination of months of work and thought, and is now, finally, at a stage I can call finished. I think we have spoken to one another long enough, now I will let it speak to you. There are many ways…