Painting Suicidal Effects with Schizoaffective and Bipolar Disorder Reader Question 4: Have you ever been suicidal? How did Robin Williams and his suicide affect you? Suicide can, not only, involve the person who commits suicide, but the victims he takes with him. For instance, the shootings at Marysville-Pilchuck High School’s cafeteria resulted in the … Continue reading
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‘Autumn Rose’ Answer to Reader Question
Answer to Reader Question 3: Sherry- my mother’s doesn’t think I am sick. She wants me to get a job and DO SOMETHING WITH MY LIFE! I tell her that I’m trying my best and that I’m taking my meds and that I need more help. What can I do? My answer: Do you have … Continue reading
ARTWORK Master
Schizoaffective and Bipolar Disorder oil painting Recent oil portrait I have done named “Old Master.” 20×24
‘Arranging flowers’
My painting of young Julie A. Fast arranging flowers. Every time Julie has invited me to her lovely home to visit her mom’s beautiful garden, she plucks a bouquet from the sweet earth and hands it to me. Friends are the flowers in the gardens of life.
‘Raging Autumn Sea’
My oil painting of the Raging Autumn Sea. Every time I paint, I am moving further away from my diagnosis. You have to pinch me to remind me that I have schizoaffective disorder, I feel so normal.
‘Native American Painting’
It was a pleasure to exhibit with fellow artists at the Oregon Society of Artists show. Here is one of my pieces that I called Native American Indian. I like to paint this subject because my father was part Ute Indian and it is part of my roots. .
Oregon Society of Artists Showing Sunday, August 3, 2014
The Oregon Society of Artists Show, which consisted of teachers and students, was a huge success on Sunday. Thank you all for coming. Here is a portrait of me painted by my art teacher.
‘The Storms of Life’ on Exhibition
Here is a photo of my painting ‘The Storms of Life.’ I will be exhibiting it among others at the Oregon Society of Artists’ Galley on August 3 to August 28, 2014, 1-4 pm. There is a reception August 3rd, Sunday also at 1-4. You are welcome to come in , view the paintings, and browse … Continue reading
Subject for Sherry Goes Sane Contest
This is Phase 2 of the Sherry Goes Sane Reader Contest. Thanks so much to everyone who made a suggestion about my painting that I’m giving away in an upcoming Sherry Goes Sane Reader contest. (if you are not aware of the contest, please read my earlier posts.) Here are the topics I got to … Continue reading
Help me choose the subject of my contest painting
Hi Everyone! I have an exciting contest coming in July and I need your help for the first phase of the contest. I will announce the details of the reader contest soon, but first I need your opinion. As you can see in the picture , I have a blank canvass. For those of you who … Continue reading