Art Battle

 

Fun times as always at the Kamloops Art Battle.  I'm always humbled by the incredible talent that crawls out of the wood work for this event. 

 

I didn't see who bought my Bad Ass Beauty, but rumor has it she has found a home at Kamloops Innovation.  I feel pretty good about that, like a proud mama. 

 

My art has had a heavy tone over the past few months and I've taken a diversion and just having some fun with some new works in progress.  You can swing by my Instagram account @sheshewolf to see my #wips and whimsies or 'Like' my Facebook Page for more frequent updates. 

 

 



International Women's Day

~Chalice~

Blood spills from my loins
Collected in a sacred chalice
Nestled at the entrance of my womb
Never stagnant.  Never stale.

My cup never runneth over,
But is emptied upon the earth
Devoured and broken down into the divine
Satisfying infinite beings of iron delight

No mother today but mother always
Daily labour creating our life
Rolling with the ebb and flow
Of contractions and screaming reactions
All that is worthy holds pain
All that is painful is ecstasy awaiting release

I am the soft
I am the strong
The roar
The weaver
The judgement and redeemer
The sting of a wooden spoon washed down with a hug and a warm cup of milk

~SW

Arnica's Members Show and Sale in Kamloops

Origins of a Woman

I love the look of a shaven black woman. There is something about the African bones that carries a grace, dignity, power and beauty in her shaven scalp that's not so easily achieved by women of other ethnicities- myself included. And in her shaven grace she shows the rest of us that we are stunning, even without the adornments that typically define 'woman', like flowing locks.

It is as though she has stripped herself unapologetically to the core. In the absence of what we expect from a woman she is even more feminine and delicate- delicate like a diamond that cannot be easily broken and can slice through steel.

This lass is framed and ready for the Arnica Artist Run Center's members show and sale. Stop by and check out some of Kamloops amazing artist March 3rd to 11th, in conjunction with Art Exposed at the Old Court House.

Black History Month

Bigotry is an extra hot topic these days.  The world holds its breath as America grapples with their new polarizing presidency.  

I have not been silent.  I marched with my sisters and barked into the Internet.  I pour my emotions onto canvas and paper and howl into the darkness.  

I rarely 'feel' colour.  I am what I am.   I do spend a fair chunk of time theorizing colour and the distorted rainbow of social issues born from our varied melanin. 

Being of indiscernible ethnicity I feel a little like everyone.  And no one.  A transient moving unnoticed among the crowds, free to observe unobserved.   

I'll use this Black History Month to delve deeper into my roots and the roots of bigotry towards all people, because they come for all of us eventually.

Kamloops Art Battle

This weekend I participated in my first Art Battle.  I was impressed and humbled by the talent in the room, but it was such a warm, welcoming and encouraging environment.  Our hosts, Jennifer and Micheal O'Brian of 4Cats Studio, are such energetic supporters of emerging artists and create this atmosphere.  

I can't wait for the next one!

The piece I produced emerged from the current political climate shaking the world.  One woman commented "it makes me feel things", which is the greatest compliment I could receive, and reminded me of the role art has to play in our daily lives.  Whether the aim is to create a calming emotion, to titillate or to challenge, art that moves us, even a little, has done its job.     

New Painting

2nd piece for Prosperity Series

Cosmic Trinity Revisited

16" x 19 "
Mixed media on canvass