CASPERIA was born a person but in her heart she's a ghost ... so at night she cross dresses and goes to cemeteries to be with friends. Just think how interesting she would be at a dinner party.
CAPTAIN NORM is differently abled ... just like the rest of us.
JAMAL's religion is unorganized love. He's a fan of John Lennon and Dolly Parton.
JESSY's father gave them a headdress of feathers and they wear it proudly.
BOB's your uncle who just married uncle Benny after 40 years together.
Q2#3 is from another planet. She is radioing back home that Earthlings are basically good but sometimes too judgemental ... "they need to evolve a bit further"
CASSANDRA thinks that people who are NOT different are BORING. "They are just boring, not better or worse ... just same old same old".
MONALISA is neck challenged. Neckists ridicule her because they are jealous of her turquoise jewelry.
Meet ELI. He was born red and green but that doesn't mean he's bad. He plays a mean saxophone.
DARIAN was born in Africa. The Africans think he's weird because he's green. He's thinking of moving to Canada to see if we are more hospitable.
MIKA was born Michael which means beautiful in any language.
"Xinyi" is a refugee from a very scary country. He likes fishsticks and plays the flute.
“BEAUTIFULLY DIFFERENT …”
These paintings were created to be part of the UNITY show for the LGBTQ2+ community in the Sechelt Arts Festival of October 2021.
Artist statement:
Different isn’t wrong and it shouldn’t be scary. Individual differences make the whole community richer and stronger. Often “different” people, plants, animals have unknown or undervalued strengths. My aim is to push the viewer’s boundaries about what is okay … make your world/box bigger.
If you can embrace these beings they can make your lives richer.
Each painting is oil paint with cold wax medium on paper and mounted on cradled board. some are framed.