Apophenia

"What psychologists call apophenia—the human tendency to see connections and patterns that are not really there—gives rise to conspiracy theories." —George Johnson

Title: "Apophenia"

9"x12" on mixed media paper

Media: collage, acrylic, ink

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You Only See Part of Me

 You only see part of me.

Title: “You Only See Part of Me"

12”x9“ on watercolor paper

Media: pastels, gouache

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Be Silent No More

After everyone went to bed last night I painted, ripped, scratched, scrawled...and woke up this morning and did some more.

Be silent no more. Use your voice.

Title: "Be Silent No More"

12"x9" on watercolor paper

Media: watercolor, wax, graphite, ink, collage

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We are Not For Sale

 We are not for sale.

Title: "We are Not For Sale"

12"x9" on watercolor paper

Media: gouache and acrylic

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My First Love

When I first started painting in 2011 I painted a lot of flowers...seriously, so, so, so many flowers. They continue to be my "go to" subject matter and always leave me uplifted. After painting a delightfully long series of abstracts I revisited the flowers I love so much. 

"My First Love"

Acrylic on canvas

18"x24"

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The moon danced with the stars on the night you were born...

I was captivated by this quote (unknown author) and wanted to build it into a painting. 

"The moon danced with the stars on the night you were born..."

 

I love the texture!

 This painting is part of a year-long online art class (instructor Gillian Lee Smith).

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Welcoming

My kid, he's so creative. 

Little guy: "Make me food." Seriously, I did teach him how to ask nicely when he was a really little guy.

Me: "Make your own food." I put my earbuds in and continued listening to a podcast I'd started earlier.

Well, that little guy of mine picked up my phone and basically lead me by my earbud cable "leash" to the refrigerator. 

He gets points for creativity, but I have to say that he bombed on the mom making him something to eat part and he went ahead and nuked himself some queso.

This painting is part of the class I'm taking. The dragonfly (or maybe it's a butterfly, you decide) is leaving behind things/feelings/etc. that I'm letting go of and the sun is filled with what I want 2016 to be welcoming in. Most of the writing is illegible. That's by design. 

I love doing zentangles, though I rarely do them. Such a wonderful process, all of it! 

This painting is part of a year-long online art class (instructor Tamara LaPorte). 

"Welcoming"

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Who Likes a Mime?

This is the most recent painting I've completed for a class I'm taking. We were supposed to paint a clownish someone. But like many of you, I'm not the biggest fan of clowns (in spite of, or maybe because of, the fact that they were a main decoration in my childhood room when I was into the color yellow). So, anyway, I steered away clowns and instead went in search of a mime someone. And then I found myself wondering, "Who likes a mime?" I'm not a big fan like many of you, I figure, so I found a mime that was totally saying, "I do!!" See? Just look at that raised hand of hers.

And now I find myself rather liking mimes again. Well, at least this one.

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