Category: sobriety

• We’re All Innocent by Susan T. Martin

  1–2 minutes

  ·

  12/24/2018

  ·

  acrylic, art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, Creativity, death, Denial, faith, Flashbacks, gift, gratitude, grief, Hope, Injustice, insomnia, love, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, mothers, out of the gutter, pain, painting, promises, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, recycled, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, sobriety, Therapy, treasures

  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…

  

• The Beginning Murals

  1–2 minutes

  ·

  11/24/2018

  ·

  art, Creativity, faith, Flowers, garden art, gratitude, Hope, Joy, love, pain, painting, promises, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, recycled, sobriety, Therapy, treasures

  

• Another Facet

  1–2 minutes

  ·

  07/30/2018

  ·

  art, Bipolar Disorder, Chronic Depression, clean, faith, Flashbacks, 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, garden art, garden Photography, gift, gratitude, Hope, Joy, love, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mood Swings, moving day, moving on, out of the gutter, out of the gutter, Photography, promises, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, recycled, Serenity, sobriety, Therapy, treasures, Uncategorized

   

  

• The Lemon Tree Box

  1–2 minutes

  ·

  02/02/2018

  ·

  art, Bipolar Disorder, caregiving, Chronic Depression, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, faith, 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, gift, God, gratitude, Hope, hospice, Injustice, Joy, love, mental illness, mothers, moving day, moving on, out of the gutter, pain, painting, Photography, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, recycled, shih-tzus, sobriety, Therapy, treasures, Vigil

  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

  1–2 minutes

  ·

  01/24/2018

  ·

  acrylic, art, Bipolar Disorder, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, faith, Flashbacks, 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, Hope, Joy, love, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, out of the gutter, pain, painting, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, Serenity, sobriety, Therapy, treasures

  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

  1–2 minutes

  ·

  12/23/2017

  ·

  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!

  

• Art on the Island 3-D Art Show

  2–3 minutes

  ·

  03/02/2017

  ·

  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…

  

• GIVING COUNSEL

  1–2 minutes

  ·

  02/12/2017

  ·

  art, Bipolar Disorder, caregiving, Confidence!, Creativity, faith, gift, God, gratitude, grief, Hope, Joy, love, mothers, out of the gutter, pain, painting, poems, promises, Serenity, sobriety, Therapy

  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…