Works and Days by Tanja Markus
Oct25

Works and Days by Tanja Markus

  “Works and Days” by Tanja Markus     In sum, this work is about: Inspired by the Bosch’s outer panels of “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” “Works and Days” transforms the depiction of the creation of the world into the metaphor of contemporary accomplishments of humanity, which, lobotomized by the principles of market mechanics, has lost its spirituality and its rituals.  ...

Read More
Expression of Woman’s Creativity and Freedom by K. Srikala Ganapathy
Oct25

Expression of Woman’s Creativity and Freedom by K. Srikala Ganapathy

  “Expression of Woman’s Creativity and Freedom” by K. Srikala Ganapathy     ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here   K. Srikala Ganapathy Artist Statement: I would like to call myself a mentor, educator, artist, seeker. I define my creative identity as a way of expressing my creativity through art. I love drawing mandalas. I love to use my creative freedom to...

Read More
Fawn by Erin Rizzato Devlin
Oct25

Fawn by Erin Rizzato Devlin

  What we are, or what we are becoming, sometimes merges with our surroundings. Women are the modern nymphs that inhabit the cities, streets and rooms of life. The eternal bond that allows communication between the moon and the earth.   “Fawn” by Erin Rizzato Devlin   You have to spread out as wide as your body can stretch, until you become your surroundings, until the pulse of nature becomes the psalm of...

Read More
“Before” by Terri Glass
Oct25

“Before” by Terri Glass

  “Before” by Terri Glass   Before I was river, I was rock. Serpentine rock which made the river shimmer peridot. Before rock, I was a star in Orion’s Belt, glittering down like rain on earth’s surface. Before I was star, atoms exploded into light, traveling faster than a train of thought. Then I was the void, total darkness, a vacuum sucking in failures, extinctions— the gasoline engine, the Roman empire. Before...

Read More
Still by Dana Dirker
Oct25

Still by Dana Dirker

  “Still” by Dana Dirker     In sum, this work is about: This painting is for women survivors who are in the process of recovery. It is from a series of drawings and paintings that focuses on the woman in different situations of struggle, both within and around her. The titles of these works narrate the inner dialogue of the swimmer who, in her skillfulness and resilience, must choose the best stroke and...

Read More
Seamstress by Frankie Francis
Oct25

Seamstress by Frankie Francis

  “Seamstress” by Frankie Francis   When I take the time to slow down, meet myself where I’m at, I discover how my heart only longs for one thing: Peace. Peace that comes from closing wounds. Wounds spill open, slowly ooze over crumbling walls, flooding the past, vacating love. Peace that comes from accepting my demons, failures, insecurities, knowing the shadows are not me. They are figments, they are fables....

Read More
Offering of the Ocean Winds by Nadia Dabul
Sep27

Offering of the Ocean Winds by Nadia Dabul

“Offering of the Ocean Winds” by Nadia Dabul       ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here   Nadia Dabul Artist Statement: As a multi faceted artist, I enjoy and am driven to create via 2d and 3d utilizing the modalities of pen and ink, watercolor, acrylics, oils and multi media components, as well as fiber arts and clay creations and sculpture. I also write prose and...

Read More
I Could Say I Come From by Elizabeth Cohen
Sep27

I Could Say I Come From by Elizabeth Cohen

  “I Could Say I Come From” by Elizabeth Cohen   I could say I come from dust, from rocks Potatoes, centuries of bloody fingers, tatting lace I could say I come a thousand years wandering in a desert Russian steppes, pograms death camps, bone yards I could say I come from candles reversed mirrors glasses of wine I could say I come from a Purple heart, moldy feet in the jungles of the Philippines from decoded...

Read More
Elena by Beverly Hermosillo
Sep27

Elena by Beverly Hermosillo

  “Elena” by Beverly Hermosillo   I planted a weeping willow and named her Elena. In her soil, I buried my anger and shame. In her leaves, I whispered all my hopes, Dreams, and secrets. In her shade, I prayed for our forgiveness. The sounds of the wind through her leaves, Carries with it the echoes Of all that happened A song of great joy, And sorrow. Ultimately, In the presence of her beauty I found a...

Read More
My Left Ear by Stacy Lynn
Sep27

My Left Ear by Stacy Lynn

  “My Left Ear” by Stacy Lynn     I write and I paint to understand myself and the world, to observe, to feel, to breathe, to acknowledge the shadows and see all the light. I write and I paint to be clear-eyed and whole-hearted. I write and I paint to be whole.   To have skin cancer and undergo plastic surgery to repair the damage to my left ear was traumatic, but to paint my experience was my power to...

Read More
Don’t Rush by Gail Nyoka
Sep27

Don’t Rush by Gail Nyoka

  “Don’t Rush” by Gail Nyoka   Turn around and you’ll be grown up already. I spun upon myself turning, spinning laughing. Proving her wrong. Wishing slow time would spin as quickly as I had spun tight circle around myself. My mother is dead now Her words return turn and turn faster and faster and I am old already. I never could master time’s speed.   ____________________ Share your response to this...

Read More
The Unraveling, I by Karen Sides
Sep27

The Unraveling, I by Karen Sides

  “The Unraveling, I” by Karen Sides     In sum, this work is about: doing the work of unraveling deeply scarred emotions; facing our inner world with honesty, love, compassion, and strength. ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here   Karen Sides Artist Statement:  I love telling stories with my art and am greatly inspired by the energy of nature, the human spirit, and my...

Read More
Le transformationi de Gabrielle by Deborah de Prieto
Aug30

Le transformationi de Gabrielle by Deborah de Prieto

  “Le transformationi de Gabrielle” by Deborah de Prieto     ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here   Deborah de Prieto Artist Statement: Le transformationi de Gabrielle (Oil on Antique Wood Panel, Private Collection, 2’ High x 2’ Wide) The archetypal image represents a big Dream drawn from the archetypes of the collective unconscious bringing a message from the...

Read More
My Creative Identity by Jennifer Tehani Sarreal
Aug30

My Creative Identity by Jennifer Tehani Sarreal

  “My Creative Identity” by Jennifer Tehani Sarreal As a creative woman, I define my creative identity in the following way: Who I am is a dancer… whether I dance or not in this world. Movement of soul, of body, of mind… that’s what keeps me growing. At this stage of my life, I ask myself who is a dancer who does not dance? Still a dancer. It is who I am – even when the stage stops and the...

Read More
Breathing Life into Venus, Breathing Life into Self by Tereza Swanda
Aug30

Breathing Life into Venus, Breathing Life into Self by Tereza Swanda

  “Breathing Life into Venus, Breathing Life into Self” by Tereza Swanda     What does my writing/art mean to me? It’s freedom. No boundaries, no frame. An investment into play, knowing that if I just let ‘self’ go, the fluidity of paint creates not only the image but something much more: a relationship between me, the paint, and the viewer, something eternal, a trace, a memory, a feeling,...

Read More
Abandoned Garden by Ellaraine Lockie
Aug30

Abandoned Garden by Ellaraine Lockie

  “Abandoned Garden” by Ellaraine Lockie   Lying on the long side of time a partially buried Meissen vase Crackled like paper crunched in the fist of an accident Its mouth growing sweet peas and pansies A pioneer woman’s attempt to civilize an untamed land As though she were out gathering a bouquet for a quilting bee in her homestead house when some tragedy befell her The house now as much a ghost as she...

Read More
The Hollow by Juanita Kirton
Jul26

The Hollow by Juanita Kirton

  “The Hollow” by Juanita Kirton (shadow of depression is long stretched across my waist a rubber band taut)   on the precipice of the depression squeezed tight hours of light               rare darkness creeps closer             circling knotted breath help from doctors         meds advise her meditate         walk             pet a dog unmask         the shame         the suffering tumbling traumatized...

Read More
Take by Taylor Pate
Jul26

Take by Taylor Pate

  “Take” by Taylor Pate   It is never too late to accomplish your goals or discover who you are meant to be. It is always the right time to take action, to take a chance on yourself rather than to let the world take from you. ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here   Taylor Pate Artist Statement: I am an artist, specializing in painting and drawing, with my creative roots...

Read More
Needles by Cheryl Passanisi
Jul26

Needles by Cheryl Passanisi

  “Needles” by Cheryl Passanisi   The consequences often involve blood – in my childhood needles were essential, I was given a needle and taught embroidery as a young child and would often poke myself drawing blood, eliciting tears, or the needle dad sterilized with a match to pick out my splinter or all those fairy tales with needles and blood or my grandmother’s knitting needles used to knit us all sweaters,...

Read More
The Quiet Roar Like Thunder by Katie Kelleher
Jul26

The Quiet Roar Like Thunder by Katie Kelleher

  “The Quiet Roar Like Thunder” by Katie Kelleher     This piece is for the quiet power of the introvert. It speaks to the grace and beauty in observation, thinking, and leadership by example over force. It is the fierceness that is unexpected, resilient, and just. It is about coming into your own power in your own time.   ____________________ Share your response to this work, in any form, here  ...

Read More