Shut Up and Create

Chelsea Bielecki Moth Glow 2025   Paul Fox, Swat , February 2025,  acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 inches Charlotte Smith,  Enzo , March 2025, watercolor, 20 x 25 inches note: This is my cat Enzo done in the style of Oaxacan alebrijes (painted carved wooden animals) Charlotte Smith, Enzo in Oaxaca , March 2025, watercolor, 4 x 8 inches Charlotte Smith, Parker , March 2025, cold press paper, pen and ink and watercolor 9x12 inches note: Parker is my sister's cat and loves to drink from their outdoor water feature. John Tjia, Oakland Twilight , February 2025, oil, 24 x 30 inches John Tjia, Two Orchids , March 2025, oil, 12 x 16 inches Linda SJ Park, Selected Pages from Grief Zine Ben Franklin , March 2025 – continuing, mixed media, 4 × 5.5 /page Personal Note: I started this grief zine along with my friend Christine who had just lost a friend to suicide. I didn't have any recent human death in my close circle but was able to discover various losses I was grieving nonetheles...

Vote! or the ferrets will acrylic and crayon on paper, 8 x 11 inches, October 2024 by Julia Gandrud Hope digital image, October 2004 by Paul Fox These Beautiful Hardworking Hands paper and magazine scraps, acrylic paint and pen, 11 x 14", November 2024 by Gigi Barthelemy Vote for the Ancestors paper and magazine scraps, acrylic paint and pen, 11 x 14", November 2024 by Gigi Barthelemy Vote for you and for them paper and magazine scraps, acrylic paint and pen, 11 x 14", November 2024 by Gigi Barthelemy

Willa at 5 am 30x30 inch acrylic on canvas By Paul Fox Selected Pages from Messy May Art Journal May, 2024, mixed media, 7" × 9" I had fun following along daily prompts from Messy May art journaling challenge. Above are a few of my favorite pages.  Linda SJ Park, Instagram @KoreanLinda The Garden So Far Sculpture, size variable Melissa Fredericks Tribute   6x6 acrylic on canvas  by Paul Fox

Orange Ball, Meet Blue Plate copyright Feb 2021, acrylic on paper, 5x5" (orange and blue make me happy in winter) Julia Gandrud, @julialikesfrogs Welcome to the official Shut Up & Paint (Shut Up & Create) Online Gallery!  We invite you to share one piece monthly — yes, beginners, that means you too :) Submission Guidelines: 1. Membership : Only active members of the Shut Up & Paint online Meetup Community can submit.   2. Origin : The artwork must be one you've developed during our sessions. 3. Details : Include the following with your artwork ( ALL optional!!) :    - Title : No "Untitled" submissions. Get creative with the naming!    - Date : When you created the piece.    - Materials : List the materials you used.    - Size : Dimensions of the artwork.    - Personal Touch : A brief note on why this piece stands out to you.    - Identification  : Your name and a media handle if you choose. See the ex...