My sweet wife has taken up drawing during the past month. She is honestly putting me to shame! This almost 12 x 9 inch colored pencil drawing just enchants me. Way to go, Donna!. I can't wait to see it finished.

Dreamtime animal messengers

IPad Digital Painting

I have come to drag you out of yourself and take you into my heart. I have come to bring out the beauty you never knew you had, and lift you like a prayer to the sky.

~Rumi

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“Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloud cover thick. I try to stay just above the surface, yet I’m already under and living within the ocean. ~Rumi

I have been having vivid dreams so I decided to read, “The Mythic Imagination” by Stephen Larsen. This took me down a rabbit hole of exploring women surrealist painters which has been thrilling. I’ve always loved surrealism, expressionism, intuitive art, narrative painting etc. I am also re-reading “ The Essential Rumi”. So above is a quote from a Rumi poem that I paired with my latest intuitive sketch. I thought the quote went very well with my imagery.

Inspired by a watercolor painted by Jacob Barosin during the Holocaust while he was in hiding in France.

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“This is the kind of Friend you are: Without making me realize my soul’s anguished history, you slip into my house at night. And while I am sleeping, you silently carry off all my suffering and sordid past in your beautiful hands.” ― Hafiz

I have found the most remarkable tool for painting when I’m not able to get up to my studio. Hopefully I will be able to make a YouTube video on it soon.

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I made this journal cover with paper clay and metallic paints. I love the design.

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Veil, ca. 1950

Ndebele; South Africa

fiber, glass beads

I made this journal cover with paper clay and metallic paints. I love the design.

If you are interested in my work please see my profile

I loved the colors of this Mayan art that National Geographic photographed years ago. I used it to make this art journal smash book.

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Get your kicks on Route 66!

Roadside mosaic on Route 66. It's on a small embankment on your left near the intersection with S New Avenue.

Underworld: Descending and Ascending

Another personal mythology painting.

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Made in Cuba

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Roadside mosaic on Route 66. It's on a small embankment on your left near the intersection with S New Avenue.

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One of four totem poles at the Royal Ontario Museum.

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My favorite miniature. This drawing is only 5' x 7', but i absolutely love it.

petroglyphs at South Mountain - Phoenix, AZ (time stamp off 2hr)

Warning sign on a shop in near Freetown, Sierra Leone

Colorful painting of an orange and white dog by artist BZTAT (AKA Vicki Boatright). Contemporary folk art. Acrylic on wood, approximately 20" H X 16" W. Commissioned pet portrait in private collection.

Early cro-magna kid paints on sidewalk...

The top sections of two of the four totem poles at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Colorful painting of a blue catl by artist BZTAT (AKA Vicki Boatright). Contemporary folk art. Acrylic on wood, approximately 20" H X 16" W. In private collection.

pencil drawing of my first canvas piece. I've been just putting around not really wanting to start this...

Child's picture from etchersketch.

Colorful painting of an angel by artist BZTAT (AKA Vicki Boatright). Contemporary folk art. Acrylic on wood, approximately 20" H X 16" W. In private collection.

Two of the four totem poles, back to back, at the Royal Ontario Museum.