Healing Love, 24"x30" Painting

As we move into summer 2020, there is change in the air like I’ve never seen before. My heart has been heavy this week with the losses and the violence. But I’m seeing and hearing change. People marching together, people speaking up and out, and I am hearing and seeing more white allies standing up to support our black and brown family, friends, and community members. I’m in conversations with white allies who are learning, and educating. It is heartening. “Healing Love” has many layers underneath. Paintings that didn’t work, attempts to rectify that failed. And then one night late this week, I came the studio and listened to the canvas. Listened to what she’s been trying to tell me for two years. I painted in some softer colors in the negative spaces. I covered the lines with a bright, warm coral red. At 2 am, I knew I didn’t know what else to do and I went to bed. I woke up the next morning hoping for clarity, a vision that in the past would come in those moments between the awake and the dreaming world, but there was none. I was at a loss. I came back to the studio and sat in front of the canvas. Bright colors, I thought, I’ll paint more bright colors. And then I heard the canvas whispering to me—softer, gentler, healing she whispered. But how, I asked. I still didn’t know what to do. And then the answer came—the answer was love. Not romantic love, but the powerful transformative force of love, revolutionary love. My mind immediately went to Yayoi Kusama’s work, her pattern play and monochromatic repetitions…and I knew where I was going next. I brought in green patterned marks with loaded paintbrushes inspired by Kusama’s artwork. I brought in fine line work—a rarity in my work—clusters of circles scattered throughout the painting. To me, the green dots flow together—they are the truth of how interconnected we are as humans—and the circles are smaller collections of people: friends, families, communities—trying to find each other and come together. This painting is optimistic, as I am, about what is coming. There is much work to do and we cannot wait any longer. “Healing Love,” is an 24”x30” acrylic painting on gallery-wrapped canvas, with painted edges. This work of Joy is wired and ready to bring you Joy to your home or office.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:30 W x 24 H x 1 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.