Nina Simone’s iconic version of Feeling Good plays as I put the last touches on my final painting for the We Rise L.A. project.
Nina sings:
“It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good I'm feeling good”
My gouache (opaque watercolor) and ink artworks on paper, explore morning light, morning life, and the hope engendered by the dawn of a new day. Sourced from my memories of travel, these paintings reflect morning journeys, rituals, and routines.
In partnership with We Rise LA for Mental Health Awareness, I have created 41 works of art as messages of hope, beauty, wellbeing, and self-compassion.
Nina sings:
“Oh, freedom is mine And I know how I feel It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life”
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Make Sure to Sign up for @18thstreetarts "Wellbeing Mail Art Campaign" by April 30th!
Santa Monica-based artists are creating original pieces centered around messages of mental health, self-care and wellbeing. Sign up while supplies last!
In addition to mail art, Rebecca Youssef will create a “Feel Good” artist’s ‘zine and Nicola Goode will produce a collage poster of Black Lives Matter spontaneous protest art that will be distributed across Santa Monica and West Side neighborhoods!
Art by: Nicola Goode (@nic.goode), M Susan Broussard (@msusanbroussardart), Sabine Pearlman (@sabinepearlman), Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick), Rebecca Youssef (@rebecca.youssef_studio), Deborah Lynn Irmas (@deborahlynnart) and Melinda Smith Altshuler (@melindasmithaltshuler)
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