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art for a cause
I use art as a transformational experience to explore issues that touch people's lives. The two projects below are examples of causes I believe in and have supported through my art.
EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES
Billboard design for Embracing our Differences, a community art program dedicated to educating and inspiring individuals to embrace diversity, respect differences and actively reject hatred and prejudice.
Detail view
@Embracing Our Differences
Absolute Hope: art for anya
Fundraiser painting benefiting child with lukemia. https://paddle8.com/auction/art-for-anya/
Art for Anya https://paddle8.com/auction/art-for-anya/
where words and art traverse
Through my art, I like to explore the multitude of complex relationships that exist. Color and texture, light and darkness, words and images. The paintings below explore the connections and relationships that exist between poetry and art.
ENOUGH
Inspired by the March for Our Lives Movement.
You were a boy
like my own
except a teen and not a tot
and at this young age
you carried with you
the voice of protest
and a sign that said "Enough"
neatly molded to your hands
I marveled at you
and your courage
Just what the world needs now
and in your eyes I see the future
and I vowed to walk by you
side by side.
Enough. Painting inspired by the March for Our Lives movement.
disarm these arms
Disarm these arms
that tear us down
and kill and maim
and break cities down
Disarm these arms
that make widows and orphans
and fills folks
with fear
and pain
Disarm these arms
these arms that
never should have been
their creation an abomination
created to kill
conceived from hate
Disarm and transform
with your words
and deeds
DEMAND
a world
without these
instruments of hate.
Demand peace and hope
and vow today
that there will be
a next day.
wake up
Wake Up, Wake up
Don't put your head in the sand
to the troubles of the world
it's time to take a stand.
People of the world
look around
to the troubles of the world
all will not be fixed today
but we still can't look away
Get informed
reach out
lend a hand
take a stand
share your love
'cause every little bit counts
every drop
of what you do today
it all multiplies
Wake up today
open your eyes
and tomorrow morning
do it again.
love moves
Love moves
all things
during the darkest of times
it switches our hearts
to peace.
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