IKIGAI & Healing Project 51
This was my first solo show. I submitted my proposal, but I did not think I would get accepted. I was accepted on June 28 2022 and spent the 5 months preparing. This has been my experimental creative phase.
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IKIGAI is the Japanese word for finding pleasure and purpose in life. I was struggling with finding my pleasure and purpose in life. HAIKU is a type of Japanese short-form poetry (syllables 5,7,5). After raising my son as a single mother (26 now), I became an empty nester in 2014. I moved myself from Philadelphia, PA to the west coast in June 2016. I spend 3 years traveling as a digital nomad and decided to make Joshua Tree, CA my home base in December 2018.
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OMe Haus Studio was created in December 2020. I wanted to do something creative for the rest of my life. I started to paint more in 2021 to heal from heartbreak. Then, in February 2022, I found out that I have a rare sarcoma cancer tumor in a rare location in my GI tract called GIST. I started oral chemotherapy on June 15.
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#1Â
Summer Solistice - Death and Birth of the Day
Acrylic, 24x36, 2022
$200
Acrylic, 24x36, 2022
$200
Our eyes shut tonight
We dream in the longest day
Awake for a new
#2 Desert Night Moves
Acrylic, 18x24, 2021
$200
Night Comes in the dez
The air is still and quiet
Stars glow in the Sky
#3Â Nightscapes
Acrylic, 36x24, 2020
$200
Stillness in the air
Mountains glimmer in the night
Desert stars light up
#4 Kaiyo Ocean of Tears YR1
Pouring Acrylic, 14x11, 2022
$40
You are on my mind
My unconditional love
Flows like the ocean
#5 Kaiyo Ocean of Tears YR2
Pouring Acrylic, 14x11, 2022
$40
Waves of joy come go
Continue to wait it out
Where are you today
#6 Kaiyo Ocean of Tears YR3
Pouring Acrylic, 14x11, 2022
$40
My heart sinks for you
Another has joined the desert
Will this end for me
#7Â Explosions in the Sky
Acrylic, 20x20, 2022
$75
The Lion haunts me
Hurls of fire in the air
Will it be my Love
#8 Emotional Waves YR3
Watercolor, 8x10, 2022
$40
Flow and ebb emotions
Lows sends me to hibernate
Highs create a smile
#9 Emotional Waves YR4
Watercolor, 8x10, 2022
$40
Waves of emotions
Moments of happy pleasure
Should I continue
#10Â My Heart
Acrylic, 24x18, 2022
$100
Cries for your attention
Accepts the hand that is dealt
Numb myself to sleep
#11Â Casual Turtle
Acrylic, 16x20, 2022
$75
He justs wants to be
Free to do as he pleases
Can I accept that
#12Â What the GIST
Acrylic, 24x18, 2022
$75
GIST is a tumor
Rare cancer in the GI
Rare in location
#13Â Vulture
Acrylic, 16x20, 2022
$75
I see you there
A vulture seeking it's prey
Circling your house
#14Â Regret
Acrylic, 20x16, 2022
$75
I have made mistakes
The past can not be unchanged
It is what it is
#15 Going in Circles
Acrylic, 36x24, 2022
$150
Even when I tried
I could not let go of it
We run in circles
#16 & #17Â Infinity 1 &2
Pouring Acrylic, 28x24, 2022
2 @ 100 each
Through the universe
Our souls float around each other
Multiple lifetimes
#18Â Looking for the Silver Lining
Pouring Acrylic, 30x40, 2022
$150
A lesson to learn
Different path in this life
Accept and move on
#19Â Split Parts
Acrylic/eucalyptus leaves, 24x30, 2022
$150
Emotions control
My implusive behaviorsÂ
Why can't I stop it
#20 Finding Feathers
Watercolor, 11x11, 2022
$100
Angels watching me
Abundance of feathers left
Placed in my altar
#21Â Blessings of the Ancestors
Acrylic, copal charcoal/resin
$50
Purify my soul
Remove the curse following
End karmic contract
#22Â My Akashic Record
acrylic/oil sticks, 30x40, 2022
$250
Souls are connected
In this life we will not work
Maybe the next life
#23Â Lover of mine
acrylic/gold flakes, 18x24, 2022
$150
Loved you for 4 years
Too much damage done this life
See you in the next
#24Â Grieving
Acrylic, 18x24, 2022
$150
SOLD
All the emotions
Sadness, cries, numbness and sleep
Love and lost for now
#25Â Travel: Iceland Lights
Watercolor, 4x6, 2022
Set of 4 $60
Travel fuels the soul
Chasing green lights in the sky
Natural beauty
#30-33Â Travel: Iceland 2
Watercolor, 4x6, 2022
Set of 4 $60
SOLD
Freedom to see, visit
This beautiful world called earth
Travel inspires
#34Â Pink Moon - April
Watercolor, 6x9, 2022
$30
SOLD
De-hibernation
Renewal, reset, recharge
Let go of the past
#35Â Rare Blue Moon
Watercolor, 6x9, 2022
$30
SOLD
Once in a blue moon
The stars will align for me
Hoping for it soon
#36Â Blood Red Moon
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Watercolor, 6x9, 2022
$30
SOLD
A total eclipse
Time to move through the chaos
Shift and change for good
#37Â Harvest Yellow Moon
Watercolor, 6x9, 2022
$30
SOLD
Shift in the sky light
Adapting to change and hold joy
Letting go of past
#38Â Green Moon
Watercolor, 6x9, 2022
$30
SOLD
Green moon in my dreams
Creates emotional shield
My spritual growth
#39 Fall
Acrylic, 20x20, 2022
$150
Smell the crisp fresh air
Circling around my soul
Shedding of the past
#40Â Winter
Acrylic, 20x20, 2022
$150
Season to step back
Reevaluate my life
Prepare for the new
#41 Spring
Acrylic, 18x24, 2022
$100
Time to shed the old
Transform for new beginings
Happiness awaits
#42 Summer
Acrylic, 18x24, 2022
$100
Happy moods ensues
Social gatherings galore
Beautiful sunsets
#43Â Princess Leia
Acrylic, 18x24, 2022
$100
You are my partner
Comfort me when I am sad
Best friends forever
#44Â Pink fluffy clouds
Acrylic, 30x24, 2022
$200
Hummingbird babies
Floats around the fluffy clouds
Trying to stay still
#45Â Desertscapes JOSH 2.0 series
Watercolor/Gouache, 11x11, 2022
$150
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#46Â Desertscapes JOSH 1.0 series
watercolor, 6x6, 2022
$100
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#47Â Desertscapes JOSH 1.0 series
watercolor, 6x6, 2022
$100
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#48Â Desertscapes JOSH 1.0 series
watercolor, 6x6, 2022$100
SOLD
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#49Â Desertscapes JOSH 1.0 series
watercolor, 6x6, 2022
$100
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#50+Â Whimsical Dreamworld Landscapes
watercolor, 4x6 and 3x3, 2022
20 @ $25 each
Escape to the unknown
Dreams filled with magical worlds
In awe of my dreams