to build a home

33 x 47 x 3 handcrafted walnut wood canvas housed in a poplar wood frame. concrete + ink + oil + plaster + crushed terracotta + sand + shells + wood stain + crushed crystal quartz +iron+ arizona rock pigment +tourmaline +rust.  This may be my favorite painting I've ever created. I do not say that lightly, as my heart is attached to art that grows from it.  I built a home for my inner child to feel safe and sound in the deep knowing life is breathing beside me and within me. I plant roots and patiently wait for her to flower before over-watering. I clean the one natural home I will claim in this lifetime: my body. Furnish my body/home with what brings me joy. Embrace movement that feels good and soulful for the primary purpose of giving thanks to the limbs I so luckily have. Hobbies that make me feel connected to myself and build self-esteem and self-worth by doing esteem-able acts. No matter my relationship with anyone on this planet or the comfort of any space state or country I live