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The Haves and the Have-Nots
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The Moving Out Collection is about taking stories of failure and unworthiness and turning them on their heads! I grew up poor and part of growing up poor for me was moving 10 times before I reached the age of 16, including being evicted twice, living in a barn (a nice one, albeit) and a garage with my 6 siblings. That instability and uncertainty followed me into adulthood. Shortly before the pandemic, I started painting as a way to have something just for me, but it grew into a passion for telling stories through visual art of all sorts! The specific materials used in this collection are packing materials to signify the moving I did, but they also signify ephemeral things. Cardboard, tape and other packing materials are considered trash after they’ve been used once or twice, but you and I are more than that, more than our stories, especially the negative ones. I aim to take the things I grew up being embarrassed and even ashamed of and flipping them on their heads to make something beautiful! You can too! Start telling new, better stories to yourself now….not tomorrow!
10 x 10 in
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