EXPRESSIONS SERIES

"Trust the Fear"

Watercolor & Paint Marker // 12x16 // 2021

Inspired by a dream where my roommate was taunting a scorpion and I begged her not to. It jumped onto my side and for a brief second I felt the fear rise. I then told myself I get to trust that as long as I acknowledge it, be calm and become friends with it, I will be okay.

Letting Go [of Screwed-Up Thoughts]

#expressions series // watercolor & ink // 11x15 // 2021

Inspired by a dream where screws started migrating out of my head. It was uncomfortable and weirded me out, but it didn’t physically hurt and there was no blood. I kept asking “why?” and “how?” as I pulled them out one by one.

My lesson from my interpretation is that I’m getting rid of thoughts that have been screwed in (whether by me or someone else) that no longer serve me.

"Sad Soul [Do You Not See How Colorful You Are?]"

Watercolor, Ink & Paint Marker // 12x18 // 2022

I lost a beautiful artist friend recently and creating this through the grief and tears has been so cathartic. Eric Matthews, your colorful soul is missed on earth, so now you live in this piece, in my creativity, in my heart. Thank you for guiding me through in a constructive way and always being supportive of my work. I love you.

"Worn Down [by the Lack of Vulnerability]"

Watercolor and pen // 11x15 // 2021

I drew this and was almost finished when I met someone from Greece through a leadership program that looked very much like this. He had spent years of his life being closed off and you could see what it had done to him in his face.

Hope Falls

Watercolor // 11x15 // 2021

Inspired by my leadership team of 15 individuals that raised $40,704 in just 24 days combined with my fascination of healing waters.

Disappointment [in the Human Race]

watercolor // 2019

SOLD

Disappointment [in the Human Race]

6’x3’ Batik, an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to cloth // 2020

Depression [is a Black Hole]

watercolor // 2019

Grief [the Impossibility of Understanding Loss]

watercolor // 2019

SOLD

Insomnia [Static Thoughts]

watercolor // 2019

SOLD

Contempt [of Judgment]

acrylic // 2019

SOLD

Stress [the Self-Induced Pressure]

#expressions series // watercolor // 2019

Heartbroken

Watercolor and pen // 2017

Depleted

Watercolor and pen // 2017

Closed [for Repairs]

Acrylic on flight records on cardboard // 2015

Closed [for Repairs] (sketch)

Pen // 2015

Tired of Your Own Big Mouth

WATER THERAPY SERIES

The Mystery [of the Water Rainbow I Unravel]

Watercolor, Gouache, Pen & Paint Marker // 12x18 // 2022

Shimmering Reflection

Watercolor, Metallic Acrylic Inks, Gold Paint Marker, Salt // 12x18 // 2022

“Just as the water reflects the stars and the moon, the body reflects the mind and the soul.” – Rumi

Between Water & Earth

Watercolor, Pen & Paint Marker // 12x18 // 2022

Title inspired by a poem: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-magical-water-rainbow/

Something in the Water

Watercolor, Alcohol Ink & Paint Marker // 12x16 // 2022

“To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings, and I would- I don’t know, I wish it upon everybody. It’s heaven.” -Prince

Blood is Thicker than Water

Watercolor, Acrylic Ink & Paint Marker // 12x16 // 2022

Whether you believe that family ties are stronger than anything else or “Bloodshed on the battlefield creates stronger ties than the water of the womb”, you believe in the bonds of the people closest to you and that’s the true beauty of life.

Water Baby

Watercolor & Paint Marker // 12x18 // 2022

“Swimming through these times… cause I will live through days that break me…” -Tom Misch

Flow to Formation

Watercolor, acrylic ink, paint marker, salt // 12x16 // 2022

Geodes are formed when water flows into pockets within rocks, typically when lava cools around air bubbles. The minerals carried by water stay long after the water has evaporated to form something truly magical within.

If we think about this as a metaphor we can believe that something beautiful can be created and transformed after trauma.

Truth and Bright Water

Watercolor & Paint Marker // 12x16 // 2022

“I have seen land where Kings extend their hands in justice rather than reach for a sword; where mercy, kindness and compassion flow like deep water over the land, and men revere virtue, revere truth, revere beauty above comfort, pleasure or selfish gain.” -Stephen R Lawhead

Strength & Divine Power

Watercolor, Paint Marker & Salt // 12x16 // 2022

Strength and divine power are qualities of both water and of pink and blue geodes. Watch how they play together to create magic.

"Flowing Imperfectly Perfect"

Watercolor & Paint Marker // 12x16 // 2022

“I can’t help wondering how many ways water shapes the body, how the body shapes desire, how desire moves water, how water stirs color, how thought rises from land, how wind polishes thought, how spirit shapes matter, how a stream that carves through rock is shaped by rock.” -Gretel Ehrlich

Color & Water

Watercolor & Paint Marker // 11x15 // 2021

“The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.” - Stephen King

"Water is Integral to Destruction & Creation"

Watercolor & Paint Marker // 12x16 // 2021

Water is the center of life, the circle of life.

The One Who Moves in the Infinite Waters [and is also the Water Itself]

Watercolor & Gold Alcohol Ink // 11x15 // 2021

We flow with the Universe and we are the Universe.

"Gold in the Flow"

Watercolor, Acrylic Ink & Paint Marker // 11x15 // 2021

Learning to navigate at the same time as letting the water (and paint, and life) navigate for and with me.

There is Gold in Trust.

The Hidden Messages in Water

Watercolor // 2020

Bonded

Watercolor // 2020

Transporting Energy

Watercolor // 2020

Wading Through the Thoughts

Watercolor // 2020

Let it Go [Let it Flow]

Watercolor // 2018

Spaces [Between the Happiness and the Hardness]

Watercolor // 2019

Holding Back [the Darkness]

Watercolor // 2019

The Power [for Constant Change]

Watercolor // 2019

So Much Beauty [in a Storm]

Watercolor // 2019

If I Drift Long Enough [I'll be Home]

Watercolor // 2019

In the Water [I am Beautiful]

Watercolor // 2019

MONSTERS SERIES

Calling out a Warning

Watercolor and ink // 2012

Goodbye [Hard to Say]

Pen and marker // 2017

And Listen to my Heart

Watercolor and ink // 2012

Too Loud

Watercolor and ink // 2012

Four Eyed Monsters

Watercolor and ink // 2012

Emotions [Make Me Claustrophobic Sometimes]

Watercolor and ink // 2012

Insomnia [Thieves]

Watercolor and ink // 2012

Oh, the Expectations I put on Myself

Watercolor and ink // 2012

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Watercolor and ink // 2012

Who's With Me?

Watercolor and ink // 2012

Is the Line Already Drawn?

Watercolor and ink // 2012

Where Have You Been?

Watercolor and ink // 2012

So Intricate

Acrylic and ink // 2012

I am a Monster

Pen and marker // 2010

Nature's Emerald City

Watercolor and marker // 2017

Mother Nature [Gave us a Home]

Watercolor, colored pencil and marker on wood // 2017

Ghosts of a Future Lost

Watercolor, chalk, acrylic and ink on wood // 2012

Something's Stirring the Sky

Acrylic and marker on paper and cardstock // 2011

The Sword is Mightier than the Pen [This Time]

Chalk and paint marker on newspaper // 2017

I Will Block You Out [and Listen to My Heart]

Clay, acrylic, wire and screws // 2017

What Do I Do with this Thing?

Acrylic, wire and clay on a record // 2011

I Guess only a Masochist would Love Me

Acrylic on saw blade // 2012

Sanding Down [the Edges]

Acrylic and chalk on sandpaper and wood // 2011

MIXED MEDIA

At the Root [of All Emotion]

[Fears] // Acrylic, colored pencil, fabric, dirt, ink, paper, tape and bark from the Australian gum tree on wood // 2013

Behind These Eyes

Acrylic, spray paint, turquoise gems on wood // 2014

Complicated

pencil, paper, chalk and spray paint // 2004

Tree [of Modern Life]

Electronic parts and spray paint // 2013

Why are we Broken? [Where are our Spare Parts?]

Acrylic, paint marker, and VCR, computer and amp parts on wood // 2013

The Piano has been Drinking [Not Me]

Acrylic and paper on cardboard // 2015

Sunshine of your Love

Jimi Hendrix // Watercolor, ink, marker and bodypaint // 2010

Adamantium

Watercolor, ink and marker // 2009

She Doesn't Know

Acrylic and ink // 2008

We Will Overcome

Acrylic and music records // 2008

The Sun does Burn [It Burns Time]. The Waves do Crash [A Crash Course Teaching of Life]

Acrylic and oil paint marker // 2012

One Chaotic Mess

Acrylic and watercolor on canvas // 2008

Surround Sound

Acrylic and paper on canvas board // 2007

Of Monsters and Music

Watercolor, acrylic paint marker and ink // 2017