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Being an professional artist requires a great deal of bravery and vulnerability. The truth is I still feel “naked” sharing my creations sometimes...But what is art if it cannot be shared with others? I tell myself that it’s better to be the person who makes something that other people will criticize than to be someone who makes nothing and criticizes others anyway 😉 Image: “Hard Place to Fall”, mixed media on canvas. #art #painting #artist #vulnerability #bravery #creativity #mixedmedia #painting #paperdollsseries #bebrave #beyou #tellyourstory (at New Hampshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1EgiJinGbI/?igshid=12hymx4jvc6wo

“This is a giant hint about art...our flaws and weaknesses...are a source of strength as well. Something about making art has to do with overcoming things, giving us clear opportunity for doing things in ways we have always known we should do them.” -Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orlando (Image: Detail from work in progress, Paper Dolls Series) #art #artandfear #paperdolls #paperdollsseries #painting #graffiti #graffitiinspired #paintmarker #oilpaint #contemporaryart

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"The Old Ones say...women will lead the healing among the tribes. Inside them are the powers of love and strength given by the Moon and the Earth. When everyone else gives up, it is the women who sings the songs of strength. She is the backbone of the people. " -Village Wise Man, Lakota Painting: "Great Minds", oil on canvas (From Paper Dolls Series). #art #painting #greatminds #paperdolls #paperdollsseries #feministart #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #contemporaryart #amplifywomen

✨There’s magic in your madness. Darkness in denial. Pain in your secrets. Healing in your story. Light in your truth. ✨✨ (Image: Detail from Deeply Connected, spray paint on canvas). #art #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #spraypaint #streetartinspired #paperdolls #paperdollsseries #painting #women

8 years ago on this day I sat down at a table and started cutting out paper dolls to entertain my 2-year-old daughter. She was amused for a bit but I became completely obsessed!! I immediately imagined a story and character for each one. Some were stuck up little bitches and some were sweet and sang like Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music…Some were prim and proper school teachers and some were hookers, gold diggers and even drag queens… I found that I liked using humor as a way of opening up discussions when it came to serious topics about gender, equality and stereotypes…Countless painted ladies later, I’m still playing!! 🙌 This crazy massive body of work is still growing and evolving and I’m totally looking forward to seeing where it takes me ✨🚺✨ Image: Original Sketch For Paper Dolls Series, September 10, 2009.) #art #painting #watercolor #pastels #paperdolls #paperdollsseries #contemporaryart #female #feminist #femalestereotypes #feministart #artist #women

Each time the Soul reaches a higher level it's like moving into a bigger house. More room to roam but more truths to unpack. As the song goes, "You can't hide from the truth because the truth is all there is"...In my new soul home I am unpacking each truth with care and diligence. I have been blessed to have acquired so much. ✨✨(Painting: "Checkered Past" 24x24", oil on canvas). #art #truth #truths #handsomeboymodelingschool #thetruth #soulhomes #contemporaryart #paperdolls #paperdollsseries #painting #artist