the flow of sound

abstract

Euphoria

2022
Downtown, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Oil on canvas with brush

Available

On September 20th, 2020, I returned in from an evening out in the city. I smoked cannabis, adding to the alcohol in my system, turned on music and flowed. This is the only piece created under the influence of alcohol. Shortly after I ended our relationship.

Shrim

December 2021

Belin, Germany

Acrylic on canvas with palette knife

NFS

This painting was created with the instruction of Dina Shneider, an artist living in Berlin that I am externally grateful for, while flowing to Berlin techno. https://technopainting.com/about/.

Ordered Chaos

March 2022

Stoneleigh, Sherman Hill, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Acrylic on canvas with palette knife

Available

After moving to the Stoneleigh, 108 year old apartment building in Sherman Hill, a national historic district and the first neighborhood colonized in Des Moines, Iowa, USA on native land of the Ioway Tribe, I struggled to sleep. Ukraine and human collective weighed heavily on my mind, and a light from the back stairwell shinned through a stained-glass window in my bedroom. One night, I went to my easel and began drawing geometric figures until my mind eased and I was able to rest for the night. I turned to my easel night after night drawing these figures. One evening, I shared my love for abstract painting with a friend and invited them to add to the canvas, as they could do no wrong. After being hesitant, they were able to let go of intention to paint. Amid this timeline, I decided to throw a fundraiser for Ukraine with the help of a friend who runs a non-profit and local artists in Des Moines, Iowa. This piece was finished for Ukraine Fundraiser on March 19, 2022 and shown again at Earth Verse on April 22, 2022, at Yoga & Co. in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.

соняшник

March 2022
Stoneleigh, Sherman, Hill, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Acrylic on canvas with palette knife
NFS

This piece raised $80.00 for the Voices of Children in Ukraine to help evacuate children from Ukraine at Ukraine Fundraiser in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, on March 19th, 2022.

Beautiful Disaster

March 2022
Stoneleigh, Sherman Hill, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Acrylic on canvas with palette knife

NFS

Flowed to Morgan Saint, IDER, Votiv, Sylvan Esso, and Minke to create this piece for the Ukraine Fundraiser. The darkness of imperialism, capitalism, and the patriarchy has it's head in the clouds, disconnected from Gaia. Yet, the light is grounded, balanced, rooted, connected, and strong.

https://www.morgansaint.com/
https://weareider.com/

https://www.sylvanesso.com/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4fTWIwXX49PpfrhxBHfkkw

Effervescence

May 2022 - June 2022

Sherman Hill, Des Moines, Iowa, USA - Mardrona, Seattle, Washington, USA

Oil on black canvas with palette knife

NFS

This flow was commissioned.

Sisterhood

August 1, 2022
Madrona, Seattle, Washington, USA
Oil on canvas with paint brush

Available

This flow shows my rhythm when facing the rawness of violence against women that is pervasive on Gaia. My hope is to empower women to embrace that we are in this together and can heal collectively, as sisterhood and the sisterhood wound, created and perpetuated by the patriarchy, runs deeper than our familiar ties and exterior colors.

Healing

August 17, 2022

Madrona, Seattle, Washington, USA

Acrylic on canvas with sponge

Available

This flow shows the rhythm of my healing from acute, chronic, and complex trauma inflicted from domestic violence and untreated mental illnesses, two intertwined crises in the States that capitalism and the patriarchy perpetuates.

How Will It End

August 31, 2022 - September 1, 2022

Madrona, Seattle, Washington, USA
Oil on canvas with palette knife

Available

Flowed to the album Lavender Days (2022) by Caamp. https://caamptheband.com/

Starseed

September 1, 2022 - September 3, 2022
Madrona, Seattle, Washington, USA

Acrylic on Canvas with palette knife

NFS

Wedgewood

September 2022

Central District, Seattle, Washington, USA

Oil on canvas with paint brush

NFS

Jackson Street Jazz

September 2022

Central Area Senior Center, Leschi, Seattle, Washington, USA

Acrylic on canvas with palette knife
Donated to the Central Area Senior Center in Leschi, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Painted live at the Black and White Gala for Jackson Street Jazz Walk to Eugenie Jones and E. Pruitt & Maureese Itson Band, in celebration of the rich African American musical legacy of the Seattle Central District, where music icons such as Ernestine Anderson, Ray Charles, and Quincy Jones got their starts. https://www.jacksonstreetjazz.org/

Emotion

Septembers 2022

Central District, Seattle, Washington, USA

Oil on canvas with paint brush

Available

This painting captures my rhythm while moving through lingering emotions stored in the body to release them. Opening to our emotions mindfully offers a way to process their energetic flows.

Flowed to the album Heard It in a Past Life (2019) by Maggie Rogers, Adel 30 (2022), and Boys and Girls (2012) by Alabama Shakes.

https://www.alabamashakes.com/

https://www.adele.com/

https://www.maggierogers.com/

Days Are Gone

Septembers 2022

Central District, Seattle, Washington, USA

Acrylic on canvas with palette knife and sponge

Available

Flowed to the album Days Are Gone (2013) by Haim.

http://haimtheband.com/

Women. Life. Freedom

2022
Wedgwood, Seattle, Washington, USA
Acrylic on canvas with pallet Knife

Available

This flow shows my rhythm after learning of the protest against the Islamic Republic in Iran, led by women and girls in Iran. Please sign the following petition urging the Islamic Republic in Iran to stop detaining and committing violence against women who are calling for basic rights and freedoms in Iran, end the physical and sexual violence against women detainees and protestors, and cease all executions of political prisoners' and annul all death sentences against protesters. Sign here: https://iranhumanrights.org/2023/02/sign-the-petition-for-womens-rights-in-iran-on-international-womens-day/#:~:text=February%2016%2C%202023%20%E2%80%93%20A%20new,unison%20on%20International%20Women's%20Day.

Estrella

2023

Wedgwood, Seattle, Washington, USA
Acrylic on canvas with pallet Knife

NFS

Flowed to Hello. Goodbye. by Young Compa

Rebirth

2023

Wedgwood, Seattle, Washington, USA

Acrylic on canvas with Pallet Knife

In progress