Georgia 48x48

48x48 Acrylic/ Resin/ Glitter/ Alcohol Ink/ Canvas. Shipping calculated at checkout.    I’ll never forget the moment I saw Oriental Poppy (red poppy), a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe for the very first time. It was probably 1995. I was 12 going on 13, in an art classroom at the Jr. High School I attended in the suburbs of Chicago.  The institution of public school was never for me. I spent most of my life thinking there was something wrong with me because of that. I was dyslexic. I had learning disabilities. I never learned my times' tables after the 5’s. And I couldn’t remember anything that would later be a required answer. The teachers seemed tired and uninspired, or popular and like people that became the system entirely because when they were young it worked for them. Everything was opaque blue, gray, or white. Every wall, locker, floor, and ceiling. It felt like a prison. Every morning I would dream that the bus would break down or better, I would collapse and get to go back home