You Are the Beauty in the Story.
When I was young I used to watch Bob Ross paint his fluffy clouds and insist there were no mistakes when it came to creating. He inspired me with his belief that everyone could paint, even me.
It was years later that I began to paint. My youngest son started first grade, and I was feeling a bit lost. There was no immediate goal, nothing to attain. Painting gave me a way to get used to not knowing what comes next. And space for me to expand.
Still today, painting gives me room to explore. And a chance for a surprise to surface. Thank you for sharing in my art with me.
DIVINE FEMININE
Both Are Right, 11 x 14 oil
I’m the One I’m Looking For, 11 x 14 oil
Resting Into Being, 11 x 14 oil
Regal, 11 x 14 acrylic
Silhouette #1, 12 x 24 acrylic
Regal, 11 x 14 acrylic
There’s No Arrival, 11 x 14 oil
You Never Know, 11 x 14 oil
It’s Not What I Wished It Would Be, 11 x 14 oil
The Light, 9 x 12 oil
Love Is All Around, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media
Horizon, 16 x 20 acrylic and mixed media
Fragments, 16 x 20 acrylic and mixed media
Sea Glass, 12 x 24 acrylic and mixed media
Dreamy, 18 x 24 acrylic and mixed media
Birch Spirit, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media
I’m Here, 30 x 40 acrylic
Wednesday, 12 x 12 acrylic and mixed media
Rise, 11 x 14 acrylic
Embrace Doing It Wrong, 11 x 14 acrylic
Just Passing Time, 11 x 14 acrylic
Designs, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media
I Am Risen, 11 x 14 acrylic
I Can’t Have Everything, 11 x 14 acrylic
Stance, 9 x 12 acrylic and mixed media
Whimsy, 9 x 12 acrylic
Lines, 12 x 12 acrylic
Her, 18 x 24 acrylic
PORTRAITS
Floralee, 11 x 14 oil
Live, 11 x 14 oil
Lisa, 11 x 14 oil
Tammy, 11 x 14 oil
You Never Know, 11 x 14 oil
Things Just Kind of Happened, 11 x 14 acrylic
There’s No Arrival, 11 x 14 oil
Accepting Whatever Part Shows Up, 11 x 14 oil
Silhouette #2, 18 x 24
Layered, 11 x 14 oil
Rising from Ashes, 11 x 14 oil
Things Just Kind of Happened, 11 x 14 oil
Both Are Right, 11 x 14 oil
Silhouette #3, 12 x 24 acrylic
Seasons, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media
Salsa, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media
Fly, 12 x 12 acrylic
Becoming, 18 x 24 acrylic and mixed media
Dance, 12 x 12 acrylic and mixed media
Culture, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media
Ponder, 11 x 14 acrylic
I Can’t Be Defined, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media
Hide and Seek, 11 x 14 acrylic
Burst, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media
Popsicle, 8 x 10 acrylic and mixed media
Mystery, 12 x 36 acrylic and mixed media
First, 16 x 20 acrylic and mixed media
Beautiful Boy, 11 x 14 oil
Me, 11 x 14 oil
Tiny Reptile, 11 x 14 oil
Loving Neighbor, 11 x 14 oil
We must bear the grief that there is no arrival. Only being found. Over and over again.
—Shelly Tiemeyer