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.

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

The Light, 9 x 12 oil

Again, 11 x 14 oil

Horizon, 16 x 20 acrylic and mixed media

Sisters, 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

Live, 11 x 14 oil

Wednesday, 12 x 12 acrylic and mixed media

Rise, 11 x 14 acrylic

Designs, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media

Radiate, 11 x 14 acrylic

Rainbow, 12 x 12 acrylic on paper

Drawn, 24 x 30 acrylic and mixed media

Invitation, 30 x 40 acrylic

Stance, 9 x 12 acrylic and mixed media

Possibly, 16 x 20 acrylic and mixed media

Nature, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media

Whimsy, 9 x 12 acrylic

Lines, 12 x 12 acrylic

Home, 12 x 12, acrylic and mixed media

Beckon, 30 x 40 acrylic

Lemon, 5 x 8 acrylic on reclaimed wood

Shades, 5 x 8 acrylic on reclaimed wood

Orange, 5 x 8 acrylic on reclaimed wood

Form, 18 x 24 acrylic

Her, 18 x 24 acrylic

 
 
 
 
 
 

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

Centering, 12 x 12 acrylic and mixed media

Runway, 12 x 12 acrylic

Shadows, 12 x 12 acrylic and mixed media

Seasons, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media

Salsa, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media

Bubbles, 12 x 12 acrylic

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

Free, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media

Yellow Boots, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media

Ponder, 11 x 14 acrylic

Burst, 11 x 14 acrylic and mixed media

Popsicle, 8 x 10 acrylic and mixed media

Howl, 12 x 12 acrylic

Mystery, 12 x 36 acrylic and mixed media

Me, 11 x 14 oil

Beautiful Boy, 11 x 14 oil

First, 16 x 20 acrylic and mixed media

Wondering, 24 x 30 acrylic and mixed media

Sunset, 11 x 14 acrylic

We must bear the grief that there is no arrival. Only being found. Over and over again.

—Shelly Tiemeyer