I have recently been drawn to create a body of work that focuses on Strength. With the changes that have been happening in our communities and our political sphere, there has been a significant rise in bullying, intolerance, hate, and fear. This energy, which once felt like an acute event, now feels like a chronic current continually and quietly flowing underneath everything. Its presence has left me often feeling consumed with anxiety, along with those around me. And so, I decided to try and work through those feelings with my Art and create this body of work. I will be creating it, in one medium or another, every day. It is "30 Warrior Women in 30 Days". Each piece will have a "writing" attached to it, portraying the feelings or thought process associated. Day One: "I May Bend, but I will not Break" "I may Bend, but I will not Break. Those winds of change, unexpected forces that push me up against the side of the mountain, t...
Contemporary Folk Art and Spirit Dolls from the Blue Ridge Mountains by Jeanne Fry