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...

Rudy’s Mom is getting Meowied!  I created envelope art for my friend who got engaged and made her cat Rudy the center of attention!  It’s been fun exploring and experimenting how to create cute character designs.  Chelsea Bielecki Lighthouse & Waterfall By Lori Powers Junk Journal January 2024 January 1-31,  mixed media,  5 x 7" per page Personal touch: It was my first participation in Junk Journal January. I had a blast! Daily prompts and tutorials allowed me to explore various ways to express myself and fill the pages. It also helped me cope with SAD greatly.  By Linda SJ Park, Instagram @KoreanLinda  Gaea—The Vast One November 2023, Acrylic pen on paper, 9 x 12" For all creators, caught in the process of birthing Varuni Sinha @verysinnyarts Happening Spot watercolor 18” x 24” cold press 140 lb Beauty in simple moments of connection. By Ivan Clinton Portrait in Edinburgh January 2024, 9 in x 12 in Julia Gandrud @julialikesfrogs

Here’s Rocky in the potted plants December, 2023, acrylic on canvas Paul Fox Cosmic Nursery December 2023, Medium: Microsoft Powerpoint, variable size Enrique Guerra, https://eguerra.substack.com/ Joy Pew-Pew December, 2023, Digital Art: Photoshop & Internet, 1350 x 1080 px Can’t close the year without making a Christmas Card. Eh-eh-eh! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Audrey Colmart @AudreyColmartPhotographe Waiting to Awaken 2023, Watercolor 22” x 30” Yosemite valley Nation Park early morning first light with Half Dome Ivan Clinton Rise and Remake December 2023, acrylic pen on paper, 9 in x 12 in Varuni Sinha @verysinnyarts December 2023 Watercolor on paper Jennifer Halvorson Fish Bowl December 2023, c eramic and glaze, 12 x 8 x 8 in. Julia Gandrud @julialikesfrogs Ainsley Faye December 2023  8.5x11” Water Color Paper using Arteza “Real Brush Pens” Water Color Pens  Chelsea Bielecki Lovely Holly December 2023, watercolor, 12 × 12" I filled my December with watercolo...

Integrity, truth, & … wings November 19, 2023, Digital Art: Photoshop & Internet, 2040 x 1350 px Continuing with my alphabet of feelings, inspired from my current therapy work. I believe it’s important to explore & not avoid them. It allows us to enable us to use them properly. They are all around us, wanting it or not.  Audrey Colmart @ AudreyColmartPhotographe   Standing strong Watercolor, acrylic markers, collage, 9 x 12" each Trees amaze me.  They withstand so much and remain standing strong.  I represented the same trees in different media to show how adaptable they are. Melissa Fredericks Let there be light October 30, 2022, Acrylic pen on paper, Dimensions 9 in x 12 in Painting the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu taught me that remaining positive in the most difficult of times is a test. If you persist the light within you triumphs over all the darkness. Varuni Sinha @verysinnyarts Anxious, Curious and Disappointed  11/2023, Watercolor, 9x12 An...

  The Divine Feminine November 30, 2022, Acrylic pen on paper, 9 x 12" Deconstructing Durga, a Hindu Goddess that I feel drawn to today, when Hindu back home in India celebrate Dussehra. On this day, the goddess was able to slay the demon Mahishasura.  Varuni Sinha @verysinnyarts Spicey October 12, 2023,  oil pastel,  10 x 10" This drawing was inspired by the Inktober prompt for Day 12: Spicey. I referenced a photo of my tongue.  Linda SJ Park, Instagram @KoreanLinda Haunted Forest 2023, Mixed Media- watercolor, ink, collage, 9x12" Mary Kozlowski Serenity 30th Oct 2023, Watercolor on Arches cold press, 140lb A composite of Waldron Pond, and NYC Central Park east Ivan Clinton - IVY C Waves - drawing after photo by Shannon Stent October 2023,  Mixed media on 90 lb paper, 10 x 6" I'm trying to teach myself to simplify existing ocean waves, rather than simply using other people's simplifications Julia Gandrud @julialikesfrogs Newfound   October 10th, 2023...

  Universal Light 2023 holographic foil, magazine paper, gloss acrylic medium  9 x 12" Raquel Faye Mayouhas @existing_and_creating ( In in the darkest times I always find beauty in art. I hope my art brightens your day!)   Coffee, Raven, Donut 2022 Acrylic on Paper 2.5 x 3” Amy Jean Romero, @amyjeancreates ( Subjects put together make me laugh uncontrollably)   Spiraling 2023 watercolors, paper collage 18 x 12 " Melissa Fredericks  I think about spirals a lot.  They are in nature, learning, my thought process, everywhere!  This piece plays with that shape as well as with color and jumbled words. Portrait of 'Cosmo' the Highland Lynx 2023 acrylic on canvas 8 x 10 " Paul Fox Immune 2023 digital media dimensions variable Audrey Colmart I started therapy recently, I had insight that we rarely learn: how to feel our feelings. Indeed, we are wired to avoid our emotions instead of mindfully embracing them. I started creating the Alphabet of Feeling for this p...