I was painting, when a dear friend called & asked, “Whatcha doing?”

“I’m painting.” I answered.

“Oh, Ok call me when you’re done.”
A couple hours later, she called back.

“You’re still painting?” she asked.

“Yup,” I smiled & that was 6 years ago.

You’re not going to believe what’s up next. Worth waiting for…

#StillPainting #MakeArt #technygalleries #artistssupportartists #rareartist #dopeart #onward

Art can be essential to good health, as well as maintaining good health, or a quality of life worth living. I know. Because, I live it each and every day.

Soon, a lot more people are going to understand me, my art and my story. In a pivotal moment, I’ve decided to share more, to tell my story because I hope to inspire a stranger🙏💕

So as I pivot, I need to say that I’ve met some amazing people along the way. And I’ve learnt so much, about art and the art world. The administrative parts of an art practice, the PR part that’s so brilliant, especially when your art is on television and the strokes of genius that people share along the journey.

I’ve also discovered an abundance of unsavory types, opportunists and shysters, people willing to use deceptive methods to talk to me about my art. With effort, I’ve been able to duck and stay above the fray.

All of it has helped me to become who I am today. And I’m forever grateful and stronger.

I’ve been painting for six years and as I look through the images of 200 paintings, it’s clear to see how my art has grown, and those who know me, also know that I’ve grown into the depths of being an artist.

Today, I begin a new solitary journey and I just want to express my gratitude to all those who’ve helped me along the way. You know who you are, from Zoom meetings to late night phone calls to the virtual hugs during this never-ending pandemic…

You are appreciated🙏💕

I was just thinking… What were you doing?

Some people have been posting some pretty sad & divisive things here on LinkedIn And while I’m aware of free speech, I maintain the need for respect & decorum. With that being said…

I won’t be doing business with a bunch of you. I won’t work with or for you. I won’t be a patron at one of your stores or restaurants & I won’t refer you to my family & friends. In fact, I will check your posts to confirm why you no longer exist to me.

This is particularly true to those folks on Linked in with uteruses (working or not).

If you were one of the women openly celebrating the dismantling of Roe vs Wade, I’m disappointed in you. I understand your opinion is personal, I understand that you personally would never have the procedure, I’m not interested in that. Because what you eat doesn’t make me run to the toilet. What concerns me, is that you would superimpose your opinion on all women. Treating us as if we are less equal, I assure you we are not.

Why you would agree with some old men seated on a bench and allow them dominion over another woman’s body— your mother’s, your sister’s, your daughter’s or your aunt’s— is beyond the pale.

Most of you already know from having menses, that there are systemic inequalities in society & the work place that need to be fixed. So what about fixing those, so we can really have a public celebration?

I climbed telephone poles for a living. When I became pregnant my boss looked me dead in the eye and said, either I would climb telephone poles or I would lose my job. Because as he put it, men don’t have that problem. And when I refused to climb, he agreed to let me have an office job at half my pay. I called the Massachusetts Labor Board and they advised me that he was within his rights. It always stuck with me.

In closing, if you’re one of the people celebrating the dismantling of Roe vs Wade, please don’t bother replying to this post. I have zero interest in your commentary.

What we post to the internet is forever and I want future women to know my story, that is

I disagree with Scotus’s decision. That two of the old men have questionable histories, one has a wife with questionable ties to the failed insurrection of January 6th. These people should not hold lifetime appointments and wield such power over a woman’s body.

Because when something is working you don’t tamper with it. It was always understood, that if you don’t want to have a procedure done in America, you don’t have to. But it should be medically & safely available. Period. Pun intended.

To all the other women, who for 50 years understood that #RoevsWade was working, regardless of your personal opinion, thank you.

Just thank you🙏

#Onward #ExpandScotus

Recently, an artist that I highly respect, ventured out to see my work and possibly meet me at an opening exhibition at D’Art Center’s Surface: Texture & Patterns in Norfolk, VA. The only thing was, I wasn’t there.

There’s a lot of reasons why an artist can’t attend an opening reception, sometimes it’s simply an issue with distance and nowadays there’s the pandemic. But I would’ve loved to have met her 🙂

I’m grateful that technology has allowed so many artists to show their work via the internet and online exhibitions. And sometimes I’ve been fortunate to have attended a reception via Zoom.

But as convenient as that’s been, it can’t replace seeing the work, up close and personal. Because for me, there’s something about physical art that just gives me the feels. Et tu? 🙂

I love to stand in front it, to see the lightness or the depth of the brush strokes and to study how a sculpture has been worked. It’s then that words become a cheap replacement, incapable of properly describing what my eyes see, without touch, how the art makes me feel.

So, last month I made a conscientious decision to bring my work closer to where I live, so that I could attend the opening art receptions and see the art curated into an exhibition. And to perhaps, meet people— the curator, the gallerist and the other artists— because it’s the complete experience that I need, to see the work and to get the feels 🙂

With that being said, I’m so honored to have my work invited to multiple venues in Massachusetts.

This summer my work will be showing at the Katheryn Schultz Gallery in Cambridge, MA (July 5 -30) as well as the Hopkinton Center for the Arts in Hopkinton, MA (July 19 – August 26) and at the Loading Dock Gallery in Lowell, MA (June 29 – July 31)

This is also the final week to see the Art as Salve exhibition, which was extended at New Art Corridor Gallery in Newton, MA.

While I know not everyone will come to an art opening, because they can be boring (as my artist friend says). But I like them, from meeting the people to all the excitement that art brings, like the feels!!

*Special note to Chris L., again my deepest apologies.

#artgallery #artistssupportingartists #technygalleries #artcommunity #femaleartists #bostonarts #bostonartgallery #bostonartscene #dopeart #museumsfromhome #empoweringwomen #artistssupportartists #art #artexhibition #dopeart

“She Named Her Other Daughter Faith”
24” x 30”

Someone said that I should stop. I should stop submitting my work to shows. I should stop accepting invitations to exhibit. It was inferred that I should stop, so others might have a chance. And what was my response …

If I make it look easy, it’s so others might try. Especially little girls💯

#heART💜

#art #hardwork #dedication #showings #exhibitions #museumsfromhome #ampainting ##artistssupportingartists #womensupportingwomen #technygalleries #artcommunity #femaleartists #bostonarts #bostonartgallery #bostonartscene #dopeart #museumsfromhome #empoweringwomen #artistssupportartists #dopeart #femaleartistsofinstagram

If perspective is reality, what are you doing to change yours?

Dreamt Ava gave me a chance at a job. She was at a screening and was super busy, but she looked up as I entered the room and briefly smiled.

I sat down. There was a small television on with a b&w program about a man inside a laundry-mat. It was suppose to be serious, but the actor’s clumsiness made me smile and I must’ve chuckled a little out loud, because one of Ava’s assistants gave me a side glance.

I tried to keep quiet and to stay serious, but it kept happening, I kept chuckling out loud, this show just wasn’t serious. As the show was ending, Ava called me over. She smiled and folded back the top pages of the yellow legal pad, on which she had been making notes. I noticed that there were a lot of notes.

“You have one opportunity to make it better”, she said to me, then nodded at the small television screen, which was now a blank raster. I hadn’t noticed before, but someone had turned the tv off. “Make it count,” she said as she stood up.

Her assistant handed me a pad of paper and a pen, and they left the room. Immediately, I got busy writing, making the story better, making my life better.

Changing my perspective. Seizing the moment & Staying grateful 🙏❤️

#artistssupportingartists #womensupportingwomen #technygalleries #artcommunity #femaleartists #bostonarts #bostonartgallery #bostonartscene #museumsfromhome #empoweringwomen #artistssupportartists #art #artexhibition #femaleartistsofinstagram

“Power Couple”

Paradigm shift. He’s talking, but she’s planning and thinking beyond the fur coat.

We all have dreams, it’s what motivates us to get up and to keep moving. Otherwise we’d be bumps on a log. Onward.

#art #Empowering #artistsoninstagram #artistssupportartists #empoweringwomen #museumsfromhome #dopeart #boost #technygalleries #bostonarts #bostonartgallery #bostonartscene #museums

Every once in awhile, I wake up remembering why I’m here. Et tu?

So this happened… I met this wonderful woman, whose story was more complicated than my own. After 16 years of marriage, she lost her husband and her world stopped.

When she was finally able to get up again, she decided to go back to school & became a paramedic, so she could serve others.

Then Covid came…

I don’t know her last name, but Thank you Linda 🙏❤️

#Art #arttherapy #paramedic #firstresponders #healer #Friend #technygalleries #firstresponder

“Pinball Mechanics”

Recently, someone said that I make art look easy & I replied, Good! Because I want it to look easy so others might try. So others will show their work @instagram

Like when we flip up the electric switch & the light comes on, art works for all of us!

#art #artexhibition #artist #originalart #dopeart #technygalleries #artistssupportartists #contemporaryart #museums #visualartists

Look! A chance for your eyes to feel what they see 👁👁 And I’m so honored to be invited🙏

“Surface: Highlighting Texture & Patterns” art exhibition opens this weekend at the d’Art Center in Norfolk, VA May 28th – June 25th

I do try to attend the artist receptions held for exhibitions, particularly when I’m invited. It’s a chance to get even closer to the art. This one will be held on June 3rd.

I think it’s exciting to speak with the artists, the curators and gallerists to hear what they’re thinking. Added to what each artist is saying in their piece is fascinating. It enhances the interpretation of art and helps to gain a deeper insight into the work from multiple perspectives. But this exhibition is exceptional, because it literally feeds the eyes with the sense of touch, which adds an intriguing level to our senses and our shared discourse.

I’m humbled to have my work included. There’s a an awe felt, that settles into the archives of having lived. A flash of inspiration that others might see and think that they too can try. This is that reminder… it happens, that is dreams really can come true. Thank you d’Art Center Norfolk for inviting me. Truly appreciated 🙏

This fabulous art exhibition opens in Virginia, tomorrow.

#art #artexhibition #neondistrict #museumsfromhome #norfolkVA #contemporaryart #originalart #artistssupportingartists #artistssupportartists #sisterhood