June 17 until July 25, 2020

AXEL'S FRAME SHOP & GALLERY
5 Stowe Street
Waterbury VT 05676
802-244-7801


These works share pieces of the artist’s journey when mental health became a priority and healing necessary.

Curved lines become anchors in space, an energetic and whimsical way to travel across the page.

Colors like pinks, yellows and intense reds further cement a sense of joyous mystery.

Nature helps heal as well, and the work is filled with hints of flitting bird patterns, budding plants, stars, and galaxies.

The whole expresses a kind of exuberance; the kind of exuberance one finds after having return from the brink with a renewed commitment to living.
Joy
2017
inks on paper
30 x 22 inches
June 17 until July 25, 2020 AXEL'S FRAME SHOP & GALLERY 5 Stowe Street Waterbury VT 05676 802-244-7801
Galaxy
2017
57 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches
inks, paint and pencil on paper
June 17 until July 25, 2020 AXEL'S FRAME SHOP & GALLERY 5 Stowe Street Waterbury VT 05676 802-244-7801
Orange wings
2017
inks and paint on paper
c. 31 x 42 1/2 inches
June 17 until July 25, 2020 AXEL'S FRAME SHOP & GALLERY 5 Stowe Street Waterbury VT 05676 802-244-7801
Silver Stars
2017
mixed inks on paper
42 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches
Silver Stars

I painted this picture in 2017.

It was my way of exploring depression. At the time, my dark handprint was a way to reach into the darkness of my mind and ward off depression.

This picture also represents a way to stop the shadows of death that almost engulfed me when I was in a catatonic state.

And the title “silver stars” represents the glimmer of hope I emerged with.

Today I am keenly aware of the movement Black Lives Matter.

In this context I see this image anew, and I am more acutely aware of, and learning about, the work left to do to stop racism and to be anti-racist.

I am also now more deeply aware of the privilege of receiving the mental health care I need to survive.

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June 17 until July 25, 2020 AXEL'S FRAME SHOP & GALLERY 5 Stowe Street Waterbury VT 05676 802-244-7801
Night flight
2017
inks and paint on paper
c. 33 x 42 1/2 inches
June 17 until July 25, 2020 AXEL'S FRAME SHOP & GALLERY 5 Stowe Street Waterbury VT 05676 802-244-7801
a rainy day / garden
2017
inks and paints on paper
c. 42 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches
Samurai Snow Sail
Mixed media on paper
15x14”
Storm
Mixed media on paper
10.5x11”
Crystal colors
Mixed media on paper
11.25x11”