Open to the Unknown

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Open to the Unknown

The large image in the center is a double-exposure self-portrait photograph. When I started creating this piece for an art show that I was having, the piece was about fear about my life as an artist, my artwork, and this piece in particular. I became ill while I was working on it and getting ready for the show. Days after the show opened, I found out that I have a large arachnoid cyst on my brain. This piece then took on a greater meaning with fear about my health and future. Perhaps my body subconsciously knew what I was about to find out. 30" x 24"

$700.00

The writing around my self-portrait says “Sometimes when I think about the future, I get afraid and worry because I don’t know where I’m going and it’s really scary. I need to trust that everything will be okay. I need to trust that everything I’m doing is building a foundation and preparing the way, even if I don’t know what that is. It’s all important.”

Stamped along the bottom it says “I am ready. I’m not afraid. I’m open to the wonderful surprises that the unknown has to offer me.”

This is an original mixed-media painting that combines collage, my original photographs printed on watercolor paper and tea bags, and acrylic paint and ink on canvas; sealed with polymer varnish.

The piece is signed on the front. The sides are painted so it can either be hung as is, or framed.

I approach creating these mixed-media pieces much like working in my visual journals. I have no preconceived idea of what the outcome will look like or exactly what I’m going to do. I just start working and see where it takes me, adding paint, collage & photos, sometimes sewing, sometimes printing or stamping, until I know the piece is finished.

The copyright watermark is not on the original artwork.

(Note: I do my best to make sure the color looks accurate, but, everyone’s monitor is different. So the color might look different in real life than it does on your computer.)

• 30″ x 24″ x 3/4″

• on stretched canvas

• sealed with polymer varnish

• This comes from a pet friendly, smoke-free environment.

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