 ANGEL NESTS 18" X 18" mixed media, acrylic and oil on canvas $210 Really, I should be ashes by now. I am not religious, but surely there be angels who watch over mt sorry self. In a reflective time I mused upon the places where angels go to rest when they're not looking out for fools, drunks, and mental defectives. (disclaimer: as a psychiatric survivor I have earned the right to exercise battlefield humour in whatever form I choose ie. "mental defectives", for it is true that my 'wiring' is miswired)
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 ANGELS AMONG THE RUINS 18" x 18" mixed media, acrylic and oil on canvas $210 In Bipolarland it doesn't just get dark, it also gets dirty and downright ragged. Bipolar Type II is characterized by periods of clinical depression. Let me tell ya...the dogs don't get walked, the house don't get cleaned, the shower don't get used. Ugly ain't the word. But there are angels among us who are phased by the ickiness of our 'down time' and keep the love and attention flowing into our lives regardless of what state we're in. They are the Angels Among the Ruins.
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 NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY 18" x 18" mixed media, acrylic and oil on canvas $210 he gold in the title, the content, and the creation of this and other pieces like it represent the blissful states inherent to Bipolar II. The title is taken from a Robert Frost poem of the same name, and as it suggests, it's a damn shame the good times can't last. The cycle of depression and elation is endless. Absolutely. The 'foreverness' of it is the tragedy, really.
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 SCUMBLED ANGEL 8" x 8" mixed media, acrylic, oil, wire on canvas $60 This little angel, a favourite, though not necessarily a religious symbol, embodies the virtue of mercy. For all the darkness of the disorder that rules my life, mercy is plentiful. It comes in the form of strangers, friends, colleagues, animals, and nature. As I have been blighted, so I am blessed.
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 I AM 6" x 8" mixed media, acrylic and oil on canvas $50 Depression creates the pervasive sensation that I have been altogether erased. This piece means many things: "I am alive, I am a creator, I am more than my senses, and I am still here"...and more. Any of us can be overwhelmed and muted by the vast busyness and cacophony of society. I AM is a reminder that we are solid Beings with depth and textures both rough and smooth, and in us there is light and darkness.
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 SHE WAS This piece is for all the women past who suffered undiagnosed, misdiagnosed, or improperly treated due to ignorance or the stigma of Bipolar Disorder. My mother was one such unfortunate. Her life was largely a misery that eventually became etched in her face and her greatest peace was achieved, unfairly so, in death. Because of their examples, that need not, must not, and will not be our collective fate. Bless them all.
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20" x 30" mixed media on canvas in acrylic and oil $210 This piece was created during a "golden" time when I felt deeply relaxed, at peace, and with enough energy to work for long periods of time. These times are brief and unexpected, never to be wasted, so I stayed up that night reveling in the precious state of ease when everything seems to fall into place of its own accord. "Night" is the manifestation of that feeling.
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20" x 30" mixed media canvas in acrylic and oil $210 Also created during a "golden" period, this piece is the manifestation of staying up throughout one delicious night full of ease and delight musing about the good and serendipitous days I've known despite the darkness my disorder brings into my life. There is much to be grateful for or I wouldn't still be here.
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 MIXED STATE 7"w x 9"d x 12"h $140 The "mixed state" is the bad mother of all states to be in: irritable, depressed, and distracted, with thoughts racing a thousand miles a minute. Hell on earth. This is often a time for suicide watch. However, a number of people have taken one glance at this piece and declared, "Oh god! I know that feeling exactly!" Truthlfully enough, "Mixed State" is the representation of the state of Distress, and we have all known our share. It is part of the Human Experience, regardless of the source.
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 RAGGED ANGEL 18 X 18 $210
The deeper the darkness, the brighter appears the angel who arrives to bid us, "Stay".
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 TRUTH, PERCEPTION, DESIRE 26" x 14" x 10" (without stand) $300 (does not include shipping) Simply put, there is the truth of who I am, my perception of who I am, and who I wish I was.
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 THE RIVER 26" x 14" x 10" (without the stand) $300 (does not include shipping) Life as a River is a common but apt metaphor. When the force of the current is strong we are best to conserve our energies and let it carry us along, flowing around the abstacles before us. To get stuck on any obstacles would only see us crushed by the flotsam and jetsam surely to follow. If an obstacle is meant to be permanent, it will remain part of the Riverscape, and if not, in time it will be worn away naturally by the force of the current of Life without our interference. Trust.
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 REFUGE 5" X 7" $30 In Buddhism we declare, "I take refuge in the Buddha, the Sangha, and the Dharma." The Buddha is the enlightened being who learned the path of peace, and the sangha is the community of people who are practicing the path of peace, and the Dharma is the truth that is the path of peace. To me, my friends and fellow artists are my sangha, my sanctuary, and the truth we all seek, the Dharma, is my salvation. And refuge? Who among us does not seek refuge in this world?
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 SALVATION 5" X 7" $30 |
 SANCTUARY 5" X 7" $30 REFUGE, SALVATION, & SANCTUARY set $70 |
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 BECOMING NIGHT found metal object, clock parts, mask on hardwood with acrylic and oil $200 |
 TIME CAPTAIN burlap, acrylic, clock piece, and mask on hardwood $200 |
.jpg) UNWOUND (SELF-PORTRAIT) clock piece, mask, acrylic on hardwood $200 |
 VERTEBRAL HOURGLASS bones, clock pieces, mask on hardwood $200 |
 WHEN ephemera, clock parts, acrylic, mask on hardwood $200 |
 WINDING DOWN clock parts, mask, oil on hardwood $200 |
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 STILL HERE 18" X 18" acrylic on canvas $125 |
 COMING HOME FOREVER 18" x 18" acrylic on canvas" $125 |
 LOSING THE WORDS 18" x 18" acrylic on canvas $125 |
 THE MONKEY 18" x 18" acrylic on canvas $125 |
 NATURAL BENT 18" x 18" mixed media, acrylic on canvas $125 |
 REVOLUTION 18" x 18" mixed media, acrylic on canvas $125 |
