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Two Effective Anxiety Strategies That I Found on a Roadmap

I just finished 25 pieces of art for my recent Love Club series (see photo above), creating an online shop, and I’m in the middle of launching a sale that I have been marketing for a month.  The Love Clubs took twice as long to finish as I thought they would and so I’ve been working nine to 14 hour days for the past nine days straight to get all of this completed.

And I had to do all of this on the tail end of one of the worst and longest anxiety rages that I have experienced in a long time.  One that ended me up in my Dr’s office. I’m tired…but I have to say, I feel pretty great, and I wanted to report in with you regarding my newly adopted strategies in self-care. 

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Tags: abstract art, abstract expressionism, abstract painting, anxiety, art therapy, artist, contemporary art, depression, faith, fear, fear and art, fear of failure, Feminist, Gratitude, hearts, love club, love yourself, mindfulness, negative thinking, NOLA Girl, SSDGM, Visual Deterrent, west coast artist

Saying “Hello,” to My Anxiety Instead of Wishing It Away

“Are you God?” The stare she was giving was one of the most intense looks I have ever seen on a person.  “You think you can control how you feel?  You think you can just make yourself not angry, sad, or unsure?” With those four questions, she blew me open, and I had an entirely different view of how I perceived myself.  

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Tags: abstract art, abstract expressionism, abstract painting, anxiety, art, art therapy, artist, contemporary art, Control Freak, creative, depression, exercise, Expectations, faith, fear, fear and art, fear of failure, Feminist, forward momentum, love club, love yourself, meditation, mindfulness, negative thinking, tortured artist, west coast artist

Allowing the Ebb and Flow of Anxiety and Growth

This past week, I slipped into old patterns, and ended up in my doctor’s office due to out of control anxiety.  I was pretty sure that what I was experiencing was anxiety, but when you feel like you’re having a heart attack, it helps to have a professional tell you that you aren’t actually dying. 

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Tags: abstract art, abstract expressionism, abstract painting, anxiety, art therapy, contemporary art, Control Freak, creative, depression, exercise, faith, fear, fear and art, fear of failure, Feminist, forward momentum, Gratitude, hearts, inner critic, loneliness, love club, love yourself, meditation, mixed media, negative thinking, Ocean, ocean art, outdoors, pacific northwest, process, reclaimed hearts, rest and relaxation, sobriety, surf art, surfergirl, tortured artist, west coast artist

The Things I Do to Feel Safe within My Surroundings

I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Although I’ve been in Southern Oregon for over a decade, I still consider New Orleans home and myself, a NOLA Girl.  You’ll find me adorned in Saints black and gold on Sundays, I have boudin and andouille in my freezer, I know how to fish and how to costume.  I also know how to watch my own back.

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Tags: abstract art, abstract expressionism, anxiety, art, art as business, contemporary art, costume, creative, fear and art, Feminist, inspiration, love club, metoo, negative thinking, New Orleans Girl, NOLA Girl, pacific northwest, process, SSDGM, tortured artist, Visual Deterrent, west coast artist

How Creativity Empowers Me to Break Through Fear

There was a time, not too long ago that fear was my biggest advisor, and one that I listened to as gospel.  I spent my teen years screaming that I would “never live my life fear driven”, only to wake up in my 30s to realize that is EXACTLY what my entire life had been driven by.

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Tags: abstract art, abstract expressionism, abstract painting, anxiety, art, art therapy, artist, contemporary art, fear, fear and art, fear of failure, Feminist, forward momentum, love club, mixed media, west coast artist