A Recovery Blog

This blog is about my continuing recovery from severe mental illness and addiction. I celebrate this recovery by continuing to write, by sharing my music and artwork and by exploring Buddhist and 12 Step ideas and concepts. I claim that the yin/yang symbol is representative of all of us because I have found that even in the midst of acute psychosis there is still sense, method and even a kind of balance. We are more resilient than we think. We can cross beyond the edge of the sane world and return to tell the tale. A deeper kind of balance takes hold when we get honest, when we reach out for help, when we tell our stories.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Ethiopian Girls


This gouache painting is based on a photograph by Ahron de Leeuw that I got at the Flickr site. I love the expressions on the girls faces. Part of why I chose this photograph was because I fell in love with the little girl on the left, but as I drew and then painted I became equally fond of the girl on the right.

4 comments:

Chris said...

Have been following your wonderful creative output in recent days...have nearly sent a comment before... this one is lovely...and you have added a 'depth' too,perhaps they drew you in?? although I have also liked your 'flattened' dimension..aka Matisse, Gauguin and co!! of other recent creations.
Keep it coming...
Chris
UK

Anonymous said...

Yes I like the expressions too but the girl on the right more.

J.p

Anonymous said...

Actually she looks like she is begging having a closer look.

J,P

Wanderer said...

Thanks Chris and J.P. It's so good to know that you are out there and enjoying the work I've been doing.

Kate : )