I painted this two years ago. It’s my favorite. –Eldaliz

 a chain link fence                                 surrounds us in the yard                                                                                                                     the guards stand watch                                       a diffident distance                                                   away                                                                             heavy screens bar                                       all the windows                                          no patients are screaming                                            out of them today                                                                                                                                                                                            there is a momentary calm                                          perhaps a […]

As a child unfortunately  I did not have the opportunity to go to art school. This was not just that. I grew up in an art hating environment and was teached that ‘all art in the world should be destroyed” – can you imagine that?  So, I was prohibited to […]

I studied the philosophy of art at Purdue University Fort Wayne back in the 2000s. One of the most fascinating, intractable quandaries of art is the concept of intentionality. What does it mean to say an artist intends something? Can the artist unintend during their artistic process and later intend […]

I was privileged to be on the free Puget Sound Honor Flight in April last year. Here is a synopsis and pictures. It was very healing.  Honor Flight to WDC 4/22 and to Vietnam Women’s Memorial and Vietnam Memorial on 4/23rd where my grief came exploding out and subsided. Trip […]

I have been to heaven and hell.My strength forged on the fiery surface of Mercury.Within the bounds of our solar system,I have been a space cadet.My steel was tempered by the light of cosmic energies.Rebirthed countless times,like the infernos of the very sun itself.I will explore beyond the outer planets,further […]

Jingle in the change by Becaley Elsie Going downstairs to mail off my letter is what I have in my mind as I get ready to walk to the post office. I think to myself, do I have enough change to mail this thick letter? I go to my truck […]

Artist Statement I created this in 2021 on the Microsoft Paint program. *Matthan submitted this digital art to the blog last year. Unfortunately, health constraints prevented us from posting it until today. My apologies to our audience and to Matthan –Blog Editors

 The hummingbird feeder is The social hubbub of The garden, where they love To hover with each other Round the nectar bar. There’s a flutter of feelings there, A blur of rainbows, And also a bumble of bees; Briskly buzzing zingers With their wicked little stingers With those little drops […]

My mandalas are all free hand done with line sketching to create the outline and the colors are very carefully done to fill in the shading and with strokes line by line slowly done to finish each area.   The essential tremors I deal with effect the messy lines and inaccurate […]