"My Funny Valentine No. 2"
watercolor, graphite, and ink on cotton paper, 5.5"x5.5" unframed
$125
(Available through the studio)
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
I hope it’s wonderful and filled with love, joy, and flowers.
Pictured above:
"My Funny Valentine No. 2"
watercolor, graphite, and ink on cotton paper, 5.5"x5.5" unframed
$125
(Available through the studio)
Do you ever look at art and just think "I don't get it?"
You aren't alone. (A LOT of people feel that way.) But that's one of the things I love so much about this series! Sure there is a backstory (you can read that on my site) as well as hidden Easter eggs, but you don't actually have to know ANY of that to fall in love with these paintings. You don't even have to "understand" anything- you just have to be willing to look and let your imagination run wild.
Because there are no right or wrong answers- just YOUR answers.
(Be careful though! Once you have one of these on your walls and start asking friends what they see, you might trick them into thinking you're actually an art expert.)
📷 ROARSHOCK Card VIII, $925 unframed (frame is available) watercolor, graphite, inks, and acrylic on paper, 18”x24” (send me an email or contact Metal + Petal to claim for yourself)
It’s almost 2023 and your walls are looking sad. Let’s fix that.
Select paintings from ASHES (the series that this particular red, white and black piece is from) are available on my site, in Athens at Metal+Petal, and in Nashville at Galerie Tangerine.
Well that was fun! Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us and a special thank you to the @metalandpetal team for their amazing styling of ROARSHOCK!
The show runs through the end of February, but sold pieces will start being shipped come Jan 1st so if you want to see the entire collection as a whole, you need to stop by this month! Which you totally should because it’s absolutely stunning 🖤 (plus you get to go past the brass “by invitation only” sign which essentially makes you a VIP ⭐️)
Today’s a big day: I have two openings tonight!
ATHENS- come pop bottles with me to celebrate the opening of ROARSHOCK! Tonight from 5-7p @metalandpetal (If you can’t make it in person, you can now see the entire collection on my site under current collection)
NASHVILLE- Head over to @galerietangerine tonight for their first ever Holiday Show. Four of my paintings are there that I can’t wait for you to see in person!
Walking into December like ✨💥
Tomorrow is the big day! Who’s coming to celebrate the opening of ROARSHOCK with me?
(Note: The early access subscriber sale closes at midnight tonight. If you have your eye on something, now is the time to claim it!)
Behind the scenes of ROARSHOCK.
I always love showing a glimpse into how my painting collections are made- it lets you see a bit of the process and the depth of the work, plus you get to see the work develop (which is always so cool to me.)
Head over to my page to see the entire collection and learn more about its meaning.
And if you are in Athens, GA on Thursday, December 1st, join us for the opening party @metalandpetal and see these stunners in person!
A peek inside my brain when it came to the ROARSHOCK collection.
Why do we see what we see? How can something trigger awe in one person, but terror in another? How do our surroundings influence our perspectives and personalities? How dangerous or helpful are misinterpretations/mistakes? How are we all connected? How do our brains seek/find meaning in things that are not understood?
Just some of the questions I reflected on before (and during) the creation of these paintings. Sometimes I found answers, other times just more questions, and a few times the understanding that some things just can't be explained.
Join us THIS Thursday for the opening of ROARSHOCK at Metal+Petal here in Athens.
What do you see?
Hermann Rorschach was a Swiss psychiatrist who sought to discover a test to unlock and analyze a person’s subconscious that couldn’t be faked or manipulated like previous personality tests. Eventually he created the Rorschach test believing that you couldn’t trick your brain to see or not see something- it would just see- and those visions would share an accurate description of who you were.
He died young (before really seeing all of the success of his research) but before that realized that a person’s perspective was often times influenced by their surroundings, careers, etc. (Basically, that our experiences have a lot to do with our personalities and perspectives.)
I was fascinated with that and wanted to dive deep into that idea- the idea that two people could see the same image/inkblot, but their minds would see vastly different things.
While researching for this project, I was also seeing the images being released by the James Webb Telescope and was mesmerized both by the images, but also how different people could have drastically different experiences when viewing the “unknown.” Same images, but some were awed, others uneasy, some downright terrified.
All of that came together for this series, purposely titled a misspelling of Hermann Rorschach’s name, to show not just how incredibly subjective a person’s truth can be, but also how it can be based on inaccuracies that the person may not even realize.
So I ask again, what do you see?
It should come as no surprise that I’m sitting in UGA’s science library researching right now. Those looking for clues about my upcoming work, here you go 🖤
Can’t believe it’s already been three weeks since the Sugar & Vice opening! (Have you seen the show yet? It’s on display until September 29th so you only have a couple of weeks to get there!)