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6/29/2022 Long Live the Outcast. Edward, 10x8" Edward. 10x8” oil on panel.
Disclaimer: I first posted this piece and got some fiery responses given the recent attention Johnny has gotten in the media. Quite frankly. I don’t feel like any of that deserved the time or attention it received. This is- in absolutely no way- a tribute to the actor who played this character. ‼️This character is so much more about Tim Burton than it ever was about Johnny. —-- But if you had regular hands, you’d be like everyone else. This is an important one. Edward Scissorhands, beyond the commercial kitsch, continues to give voice to the sometimes voiceless. It speaks to deep layers of individual expression and that still feels alive and relevant to me. As an adolescent, the films of @timburton made me feel seen. Like any one of his imagined misfits and outcasts, I too felt like I didn’t fit in with the main crowd of jocks and pretty girls. Beyond any outward rebuke of any personal affectations, I often found or felt that I simply didn’t belong because I wasn’t interested in whatever was cool at the time. I listened to punk rock, I dyed my hair red and sometimes green or blue depending on my mood, and I spent a lot of my lunch breaks in the photography class room where I would hide, sketching my little monsters. I am thankful that Burton is still a household name. And so the collection of misfits continues. Long live the outcast- @modsun 6/28/2022 Atleast a broken heart is open A new series of the weird little creatures I just find wandering around the studio these days.
In progress. Oil on panel 10x8” In that part of my heart where it is always winter and the rain falls forever, there is still a line I want to hear. Heartache is real, But atleast a broken heart Is open. These fennec creatures have been in my story since I was a kid and I think they will probably continue as long as I do 🥹  The Calling Collection, No. II. Oil on panel 12x9”.
🔴 SOLD🔴before the paint even dried. ☀️NEW Limited Edition prints of this baby and more as well as the original study available now! “Loneliness is a kind of winter. And you drag me, kicking and screaming, into some kind of bright summer.”- pleasefindthis 🐺🌅 It took me 12 paintings, that poem and a song to understand what this collection was all about. There’s a song by @mummraofficial about a girl named Aliza with seasonal affective disorder. It’s called ‘Summer’, which happens to be the name of my identical twin. I’m not saying it’s about me but I’m also not not saying that. To whoever buys the remaining 6 of this collection, I hope you see these on your wall and are reminded everyday - the sun will shine again. ☀️Here’s to screaming into your own some kind of bright summer. The Calling Collection No. 1,2,3 🔴SOKD 4 and 5 available @colegallery 6/25/2022 Onward. A bunch of new limited edition prints now available ❤️ I don’t think anyone can escape their childhood. “The life before had happened to me as childhood happens to everyone. The mark of adulthood is when we happen to life. This is everyone’s story and everyone’s duty: to reach adulthood and then do the hard work of unpacking your childhood, your family, the weapons you picked up to protect your little body. Exposure to human stories reminds us that we're all human.” - @jedidiahjenkins 🐇🐰🐇 Rabbits represent my childhood in so many ways, surrounded by them, reading about them, playing with them. We had a bunny named Aussie who had free reign of our home, I carried a stuffed animal named Hoppy VanderHare everywhere I went, I even read Watership Down when it weighed more than I did. I didn’t grow up in this city where I now live, going to the ‘mainland’ was always an event. I am more familiar with wide open spaces with actual trees and wild life than with grid lock traffic, shopping malls and sky scrapers. The island did have a county fair which was the big event of the summer. That’s actually where all the wild bunnies came from, legend has it. A couple escaped one year, and well, you know how rabbits are. Sharing these creatures is as close as I can get to taking you by the hand and bringing you on the ferry to go to the island full of wild bunnies and the broken child hood home I came from. That’s what these chaos bunnies are all about. Escaping chaos before the damage I’d spend the rest of my life trying to heal. I have more to say and I’m learning how to use fewer words to tell the story: fewer marks to express the full spectrum of my experience. The rabbit chapters will continue to evolve and grow as long as I do. Onward. 🐇 6/21/2022 Sometimes you're the bug When I was a kid I listened to a lot of rock and roll. One of the songs that was often playing in the house I grew up in was The Bug by Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Sometimes you’re the windshield Sometimes you’re the bug. First day back at work since getting sick and I found myself relating a lot to that 🐞 Here’s to better days. and a lot more of this 🎨
The Royal King Fritz of The Forest Commission oil on panel, 36x24”
in his most perfect home. You all know by now, I am super particular about the commissions I take on. I won’t take on anything that doesn’t inspire me , I won’t enjoy painting it and it would probably fall flat. I was so excited to bring Liz’s vision of this magical fox to life and even more excited to see where he gets to live. I feel so grateful to have collectors who make room in their lives for my work and also share theirs with me. This is what Liz wrote: “Take me to the place -- Where the white trees grow. Take me to the place -- Where I only know. In my home -- Where the shadows run tall. I am king -- Neither big or nor small. My world is mine -- My breath is free. I am strong -- True royalty. So come with me -- If you’re dark and alone. When you feel lost -- You can share my home. Your world isn’t perfect -- I don’t expect it to be. But when you feel sorrow -- You can gaze upon me. In my home -- Where the shadows run tall. You can be king -- Neither big nor small.” 👑🦊 6/15/2022 Cecelia and The Satellite III Cecelia and the Satellite III, oil on panel 10x10”, after the song 🎵 by @amnthewilderness
She’s almost done🪐🌘🐻 Of all the things my eyes have seen The best by far is you. How sad is it To be somewhere else When you’re here. Preview for my show in August ‘22 @colegallery ❤️ I know I’m not right. I knew this when everyone around me was wearing pants and I insisted on wearing only overalls until 6th grade. I was terrified pants would fall down. I had probably the 10 pairs I’d rotate, and even fancy ones that I wore to formal events. As a girl who never really got into what the popular things were to wear or listen to on the radio, I spent a lot of time hiding at lunch from mean girls (and the rest of my high school) sketching and painting my monsters in the safety of the photography classroom. I also spent a great deal of time listening to music. Many of you know music influences so much of my current work, but I believe we are an amalgamation of everything that has come into our lives for better or worse. Something Corporate was one of the bands I listened to a lot, in addition to a lot of punk music. In college, this became Jacks Mannequin… in grad school to present time, Andrew and the Wilderness. Andrew McMahon was the genius behind each of those projects and there are albums like North that I can listen to that rocket me back into an exact period of my life. ✨ You can imagine my surprise when he actually liked one of these posts the other day. Thanks @amnthewilderness , I’m not sure in what other life time you would ever see what I paint. You made my day and many more. PS- I figured out the pants thing. You can trust elastic just as much as suspenders. ✌🏻 If you’ve never listened to the album North start to finish do yourself a favor and stream that . It’s pure gold.  Flight School Series: Run Before You Fly. 24x12” oil on panel.
Site-wide sale is on until June 15th, subscribe to newsletter to get the discount code 💖 🌘🦊🦅 This is a story about a little fox who think the night will last forever. He makes friends with Moon and learned even on the darkest coldest night, even in the deepest fox hole, he isn’t alone. Raven teaches him to fly so he can be with Moon, his love. -- Dear little fox, You don’t know me, but I’ve painted you moon-gazing for a very long time. I can’t teach you to reach for the moon, all I can do Is reach for it myself. And so as the author of this story, I painted you a black bird, a professor of flight, to show you the way. But first, You need to learn to use the feet you have. Run before you fly. Dear reader: 💖How do we learn to do the impossible? One step at a time. This is just as much a love story as it is a story about learning you are capable of so much more than the limitations you set for yourself. Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable. Keep some room on your for back For wings. 🦅 To the moon 🌙, Aliza —-- How many foxes have I painted looking up at the moon? So many. This imagery has been such a part of me it’s actually part of my tattoo sleeve (by the ink sorceror @horijefe !) It was during the creation of this new series that I fully realized how important it was to create characters and scenes that make us feel more alive. ✨ I’m looking forward to sharing the rest of this new story of mine. Original coming to Cole Gallery (@colegallery) as part of my August ’22 show! Available preorder via DM.  Flight School Series I. Oil on panel 30x24” Limited edition PRINTS NOW AVAILABLE (link in bio to shop!) And the June sale is ON tomorrow!
🌘🦊🦅 “You’re never going to kill storytelling because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it.” --Margaret Atwood. And this one has been going on well before I started painting it. This is a story about a little fox who think the night will last forever. He makes friends with Moon and learned even on the darkest coldest night, even in the deepest fox hole, he isn’t alone. Raven teaches him to fly so he can be with Moon, his love. How many foxes have I painted looking up at the moon? So many. This imagery has been such a part of me it’s actually part of my tattoo sleeve (by the ink sorceror @horijefe !) It wasn’t until a few months ago the storyline actually came together and I cannot wait to share it later this summer |
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October 2022
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