Softness As Rebellion

Acrylic painting on watercolor paper sized 9" x 12" with a white boarder, unframed. She moves without needing to prove.Her power isn’t loud—it’s lived.In a world that shouts to be heard,her softness is rebellion. This is the new strength:intuitive, calm, untamed.A quiet roar that still shakes the room Painted at my Meditative Workshop and revised in the comfort of home. As I enter my blue period as many artists have before me, although the color may have historically corresponded with melancholy, for me the blue tones represent peace. It is a peace I only find when I go within. It is a meditation and a celebration of homemaking. At a time when my home life feels out of control, I find my peace and regain my footing in my art and in creating sacred space. The color also hints at a sense of longing for the times of the past and a nostalgia for freedom that seems to have been ripped away. I travel through distorted memories, yet find home and everything I have been searching for within my