Out of the Gutter Art

Outrageous Bipolar Expressions

Category: pain

  • The Lemon Tree Box

    POINTILLISM, YAY! One of my favorite methods of mark making! So satisfying to see the images take shape, to know I did it with nary a line, just marvelous dots! ah, but the little box is not finished,not in pictures one and 2…   and not in the little video…so where is the little Lemon…

  • “Open Sea” and Exquisite Aloneness

    This was a big endeavor for me, and I believe I have painted at least three different paintings in the course of 2 years on this one canvas…That can be one of the downfalls of being ocd and bipolar, when I can’t let a thing be good enough or ever done. So, here is the…

  • RILEY the Elegant Elephant

    An update on our dear friend Riley!

  • This tiny GIANT Life of Mine!!!

    I am Creating! In a wonderful whirlwind! Paint flying off brushes onto cement, metal, canvas and walls! Hot glue, super glue, elmers glue, whew! My work feels urgent, and it has for a while…secretly I have been feeling that my time here is limited, so I must hurry-make my mark while I can! Is it…

  • GIVING COUNSEL

    Giving Counsel,pen and ink on paper, Susan T. Martin2017 Is it a mother talking to her daughter? Is the younger woman paying attention, or is her mind on other things, girlish things? Perhaps she is listening to the loving counsel of the other woman…

  • A Conversation, part 1

    created by Susan T. Martin,2017

  • This painting was motivated by the feelings of gratitude I have for God’s Creative power, and how I am helped to endure each day, even through the pain I face…Susan T. Martin