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ARTWORK NAMI Walks

Princess Warrior by Sherry Joiner   Wishing I could make it to the NAMI Northwest Walks today at the Vera Katz Esplanade and hoping that everyone has a wonderful walk for mental health and to stomp out stigma. However, I am a Warrior. Next week I am invited to exhibit three of my pieces of … Continue reading →

Mothers Day

Celebrating Mothers Day Holiday   Happy Mother’s Day! Have a wonderful day! Went out to dinner with my husband and step kids at Portland Seafood Company for Mother’s Day. Becky, my stepdaughter presented me with this beautiful bouquet of orange tinted roses and yellow lilies. The unexpected seems to be happening in my neck of … Continue reading →

ABOUT Crystal Springs

Taking care of my spirit for mothers day with Schizoaffective Disorder   Strolling along the Crystal Springs Rhodie Garden with my neighbor, Sue, and her dog, Barry White, for my annual nature Mother’s day walk.. Saw baby goslings and a family of wood ducks swimming joyfully, in a pond nearby. The azaleas, rhododendrons, and dogwood … Continue reading →

SHERRY GOES SANE

May, Mental Health Month   Please visit Amazon Books, Sherry Goes Sane by Sherry Joiner for May, Mental Health Month. Kirkus Reviews writes- Sherry Goes Sane is an “Affecting, honest memoir useful to anyone trying to understand life with psychosis.”  

ABOUT Moonlight Event

Art Exhibition at Moonlight Coffeehouse   Moonlight Coffeehouse, SE McLoughlin, Milwaukie, Oregon, on Saturday night, April 21, 2018, hosted North Clackamas Arts Guild twenty-fifth Anniversary Art Show with me and my painting of the old man and his pipe, “Reflecting on Life,” photographed by Monroe Photography. Painting below. Thanks for coming in and enjoying yourselves.

ABOUT Tribute to Tia Paula

In memory of my moms sister   Losing someone is hard, however losing the last member of mom’s Brazilian immediate family of 12 is even harder.  Feeling such sorrow that my Brazilian mom’s youngest sister, my Aunt Paula, passed away the day before yesterday in Brazil. I met her in Bahia when I was in … Continue reading →

ARTWORK Silver Anniversary

Twenty fifth North Clackamas Arts Guild Show   I’m so happy to be participating in North Clackamas Arts Guild 25th Anniversary Art Show hosted by Moonlight Coffeehouse at 15717 SE McLoughlin Blvd. Suite 1, Milwaukie, Oregon, on the corner of McLoughlin & Concord. The Show is from 5pm-8pm Saturday, April 21st. 2018 and the exhibit … Continue reading →

ARTWORK Portland Exhibit

Exhibiting in the April Oregon Society of Artists non juried show   So happy to be participating in the Oregon Society of Artists- Water, Weather, Wind and Rain Show at 2185 SW Park Place, Portland, Oregon, 97205. The show opens 1-4 pm. Friday 13th with a reception at 6 pm-8 pm that evening. The show … Continue reading →

HOME DOCUMENTARY

We are redheads my sweet sister is two years older than I and I’m the one with a mental illness So often my words don’t show how I feel within, but my sister, Diana, is the best sister that has ever happened to me. She is a wonderful teacher, musician, photographer, wife, mother, and grandmother … Continue reading →

ARTWORK Juried March Show

Oregon Society of Artists Juried Show March eleven through March twenty eighth two thousand eighteen   Having my paintings ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’ and ‘Chief Standing’ hung at the OSA Juried Show was a wonderful experience for me, one that I will always remember.