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I am currently fascinated by the brown/pink color and pink/green/brown combinations. They seems emotionally-charged, for some reason. Everyone that sees this piece see emotion in it on some level. Very powerful emotions seem to be evoked by this it. I’ll be honest, it was purely accidental. I was happy when I made this one and was listening to some of my favorite music (Crowder). I wanted to see what I could do with these colors and what you see here is the result. I worked with the brown and pink alcohol inks along with an airbrush. The colors flow into one another in a way that is very soft but with a few hard edges. I then decided to take a posca pen (white) and outline some of the more defined line areas with dots. Then the whole piece just popped off the page! I really love how these white dots give dimension to this one. I was listening to a Crowder song (Child of God) and in there are the words ‘This Dirt, I Came From’ popped out to me while I was making this piece. Thatâ€...

I have been an artist all my life, ever since I could hold a pencil. I have always loved to draw and paint. My styles have varied over the years from realism to abstract and everything in between. The mediums I most enjoy working with are: oil, prismacolor, charcoal, graphite, watercolor, pen & ink, alcohol ink, and acrylic. Currently I am experiencing a mammoth amount of creative freedom working on abstract art. In 2013 I donated one of my kidneys to a young woman who had only been born with one very diseased kidney. Since then she has been thriving and going to college and living her life. I consider this such a privilege and i'm so happy I was a match for her. I have lived all over the country. I primarily grew up in Woodland...