Collection: Just the Tip...Jar

I don't know exactly when or why each of these was created. I was lost in a haze of delusional thinking, severe mood swings, and financial and psychological abuse. But I had one goal...I wanted to do one thing I'd never tried before...I wanted to create a finished piece. Previously, I had only doodled, on homework, on placemats at restaurants, on my own skin, on my friends skin with sharpies...anywhere I could but...I had never created a piece...until the lost years. No signatures, no dates, just a goal. These are the results...

After a few years of recovery and remission from schitzoaffective bipolar type, I realized something was missing. I'd become too comfortable with the go to work, go home, hang out with boyfriend, watch T.V. life. I'd done a few projects here and there for myself, painted boxes, photo collage boxes, jewelry, painting, coloring books...The urge to create had never really left me...and when I thought about it, I knew exactly what I should be doing. I just didn't think I could, because that would be crazy, and I take pills for that now. But I knew...I knew I should draw and I knew I should share my drawings. So I started...

I refused the call, but the call won, and I started drawing with intention. This year I aspire to improve my skill and technique through practice, sketches, making mistakes, doodles, and more practice...and when I have a really good idea, to follow through with it until it's done. I want to key into my intuition to create art that connects with people emotionally, spiritually, and authentically. These drawings embody the reflections of a (pretty)happy, (relatively)healthy, (mostly) stable woman confronting her demons and deciding exactly who she is without the unbearable weight of self doubt, poverty, mental illness, or oppressive societal expectations. It's a work in progress, the art and the woman...and it's just the beginning...

I'm happy to answer any questions about my own thoughts and processes, but if it touches you or affects you in some meaningful way, I'd love to hear about it!