The Memory Project Pastel on Paper
These pieces are about collecting and preserving the memories of today where social media and the frenetic pace of women’s lives becomes part of the process as they try to organize and keep the history of their families. Using simple energetic marks I wove together some of the pressure to live in the moment and save it at the same time. 
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HASHTAG HUSTLE

FILTERED MEMORY

MEMOIR

The Flower Stories Pastel on Paper
Paintings inspired by quotes from news and literature. Scroll over the painting to read the story.

“There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.” Deepak Chopra

“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.” Toni Morrison

“When we heard about the hippies, the barely more than boys and girls who decided to try something different ... we laughed at them. We condemned them, our children, for seeking a different future. We hated them for their flowers, for their love, and for their unmistakable rejection of every hideous, mistaken compromise that we had made throughout our hollow, money-bitten, frightened, adult lives.” June Jordan, Passion $300

"When I met her she was an angel and she still is. I was supposed to be strong, but I found out I'm the weak one. “We were gonna live together and die together that was our plan," he said. The husband of a woman killed in the El Paso shooting has invited the community to attend her funeral as he has no other family in town. From current news story on BBC

“And one day she discovered that she was fierce, and strong, and full of fire, and that not even she could hold herself back because her passion burned brighter than her fears.” Mark Anthony

“She had a flower tattoo on her wrist. What does that mean?" he asked her. "Absolutely nothing," she said, "it's just a flower. - C. JoyBell C.