Category: Vigil
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IN the Mirror
1–2 minutes·
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acrylic, Addiction, Anorexia/Bulemia, art, Artistic Excellence, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, Confidence!, Creativity, Denial, disability, Excellence, faith, Flashbacks, gratitude, identity, Impressionist, Joy, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, Mixed media, out of the gutter, outsider art, pain, painting, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Recovery, Healing, Self harm, self worth, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, sobriety, Success, Surrealism, Therapy, Transformation, Vigil, voyagesrecognizing my BIPOLAR self image I’m in “Wonderland” right now. Been here for a week or so. Time seems to be inching by, my head too heavy to lift off the pillow. Not sick physically, I’m just…just…what can I tell you? I have had some unknown trigger going me headlong into a timewarp. Into a…
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Yellow Belly.
1–2 minutes·
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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…
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The Journey, a Debut Art Video
3–5 minutes·
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art, Art Collectors, Artistic Excellence, Best, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Cancer, career, caregiving, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, death, Denial, digital art, disability, dreams, 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, garden Photography, gift, God, gratitude, grief, Handicapped, Hope, hospice, identity, Injustice, insomnia, Jehovah God, Joy, love, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed Media, mothers, pain, painting, Photography, poems, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, re-purposed, Recovery, Healing, repentance, Resurrection, Serenity, Sex abuse, sexual assault, sobriety, Success, Teaching, Therapy, treasures, Uncategorized, Vigil. 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…
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I Don’t Feel Very Good.
2–3 minutes·
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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, VigilCan 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…
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An Awakening
3–5 minutes·
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art, Bipolar Art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, Chronic Depression, clean, concrete art, Confidence!, Creativity, death, disability, faith, Found Objects, garden art, gift, God, gratitude, grief, Hope, identity, Injustice, insomnia, Joy, learning, love, Mania, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, Mixed Media, moving day, moving on, out of the gutter, pain, painting, poems, promises, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Real Life, Recovery, Healing, recycled art, Serenity, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, sobriety, Success, Therapy, VigilSleep has been a constant goal for me since I put down drugs and copious amounts of alcohol. Yet it has been the most evasive and endangered of species, teasing me with scattered glimpses of it’s eternal beauty. Oh, how I have longed for it’s soothing embrace, and so have everyone I have contact with;…
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A Saint Petersburg Artist Resident
2–3 minutes·
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acrylic, art, Bipolar Disorder, Childhood sexual abuse, clean, Confidence!, Creativity, faith, Flashbacks, gift, God, gratitude, grief, Hope, Injustice, Joy, love, mental illness, metamorphosis, artist, love, change, recovery, rebirth, moving day, moving on, Oil, out of the gutter, pain, painting, poems, promises, PTSD, re-purposed, Real Life, recycled, Serenity, Sex abuse, sexual assault, Shame and Guilt, Therapy, treasures, VigilIt has been an enormously trying year and one half, year and 8 months , actually. I have grown SO much since I have lived here in St. Petersburg, I have learned to believe in myself, and in my ability to survive. As An ARTIST. In my own right, I have put in the footwork, stretched…
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The Lemon Tree Box
1–2 minutes·
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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, VigilPOINTILLISM, 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…
Out of the Gutter Art 
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