Sallery_art: Art by Sally Brown

I used to think there were enough artists so I quit making art. Now I use that silliness as part of

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01/08/2024

Loved seeing Carrie Mae Weems and Leslie Dill at !

30/07/2024

🎨✨ Embracing the Unexpected! ✨🎨

Ever thought you had a huge roll of canvas only to find out... oops, you didn't? That's exactly what happened to me, but it turned into a fantastic creative opportunity! 🎉

I'm excited to share how this canvas shortage has allowed me to integrate amazing mini-contributions from fellow artists (first image) and (second image) into my new series. Their unique pieces bring vibrant colors and deep messages about identity, experience, and self-expression. 💙❤️🖌️

Read the full story and see how rolling with the changes has made this project even more special at blog link in bio. Have you ever had a major "oops" art moment? I'd love to hear your stories! 👇

26/07/2024

Tribute to Eva Hesse. Drawing by me. Frame and screen by

24/07/2024

Tribute to Wanda Ewing. Drawing by me. Frame and screen by 🥰

23/07/2024

Tribute to Gillian Ayers. Drawing by me. Frame and screen by .

23/07/2024

Who's gonna clean that up?? 🤔🖋️ Cleanup in performance art: an essential yet overlooked aspect. Explore the untold stories of post-performance messes in my latest blog post link in bio. From blood and paint to costumes and props, it's time to shine a light on the realities behind the art. Share your cleanup tales! 💬🔍

Image 1: made with OpenAI

Image 2: Me about to destroy my shower, blurred for privacy!

Image 3: Cindy Sherman's Untitled Self Portrait with a Sun Tan

Image 4: Alison Knowles' Make a Salad at Tate Modern

17/07/2024

Tribute to Narseem Mohamedi. Drawing by me frame and screen by

16/07/2024

🎨✨ After a year and a half, I finally made my first mark on the blank canvas! 🖌️ And, I received my first collaborative piece by Lindsey Dineen (second image )
Yay!

Check out my latest blog post to read all about this journey and the start of my new series. Link in bio to blog!

What was your most memorable 'first mark' moment in a creative project? Do tell!! 🌊💙

15/07/2024

Tribute to Hilma AF Klint. Drawing by me frame and screen by

10/07/2024

Tribute to Marybeth Edelson. Drawing by me. Frame and screen by

05/07/2024

Tribute ro Georgia O'Keeffe by me, frame and screen by

02/07/2024

🖌️✨ Ever felt the pressure of starting something new? I'm diving into a blank canvas with a bold plan—body prints and beach vibes, with a little help from my talented friends! Excited and nervous about how it will turn out. Will it be a masterpiece or a mess? Read on about my process today!...link in bio!
Image made with

01/07/2024

tribute to Eva Hesse.

01/07/2024

Super exciting!!

Still: The Journal interviewed Renee K. Nicholson and me about our upcoming cryptid-themed, illustrated poetry book *What We Do In the Hollows*. Link in bio!

Renée began this project as a creative escape during challenging times, inspired by *What We Do in the Shadows* and cryptids in West Virginia. I excitedly brought the poems to life with some fun illustrations, a natural and transformative experience.

In the interview, we discuss making the "small batch original" that might lead to even more exciting projects and even share a few excerpts from the forthcoming book!

Check it out at link in bio!

30/06/2024

Super stoked the first issue of Thimble I edited art for is out! ALSO reminder deadline TODAY for the next issue to submit! Please do!

Red Astral Uterus Red Astral Uterus by Emelly Velasco Share! Emelly VelascoAt the age of 30, Emelly Velasco travels the world sharing knowledge, exhibiting her work and as an artist she creates most of her works based on feminine aesthetics, cosmovision and recognition of the astral, as well as highlighting elements....

30/06/2024

Am loving these tribute to Wanda Ewing, Shirley Jaffe and Betty Blayton.

26/06/2024

The trouble with being prolific....what artist did I tribute??? by me, frame and screen by

25/06/2024

Tribute to Joan Snyder. Drawing and watercolor by me, frame and screen by

25/06/2024

What does space mean to you right now as a woman?

That’s the prompt I’m giving to artists to contribute to my upcoming series of work.

Thank and more for volunteering to contribute!

I’m so excited you’re on board. I hope you’ll show your process along the way! Have any ideas for your mini blank canvases?

Just for fun, I prompted OpenAI to see what they’d come up with… “space to a woman” brought this image up!

22/06/2024

Just in! Tributes to Corita Kent and Judy Chicago! Screens and frames by . Drawing/watercolors by me!

19/06/2024

tributeto Georgia O'Keeffe and Narseen Mohamedi

18/06/2024

🎨 Calling all women-identifying artists! 🌟

I'm launching an exciting collaborative blank canvas project, and I want YOU to be part of it! Let's explore the theme of SPACE together, reflecting on womanhood and motherhood through our shared creative processes.

🖌️ Interested? Here's how to join:
1. Message me
2. I'll send you a small canvas piece
3. Respond creatively and send it back by the end of August

I'll stitch our pieces into a larger work, integrating our stories and experiences. Your name will become part of the title!

Dive into the details and get inspired by my latest blog post link in bio!

Let's create something beautiful together! ✨

16/06/2024

2 new tributes to Gillian Ayers and Anni Albers!

16/06/2024

Loving these tribute to and Sophie taeuber arp.

14/06/2024

I am so stoked to be presenting about my favorite thing, ARTIST RESIDENCIES, in Pittsburgh June 23!! Thanks Enriched Entertainment for this opportunity! Tickets at use code SJB4 for $7 off!

12/06/2024

tribute to Jenny holzer

08/06/2024

Obsessed amazing exhibit!!

07/06/2024

Progress! tribute to Ruth asawa and ema Amos!

06/06/2024

Yes please

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Artist Statement, 2019

Body prints, 2013-present:

Today, children are flooded with images and stories of gender violence and female objectification. Alternative, artistic perspectives of the female that challenge such perspectives are refreshing and necessary. Life is fragile; as are (my) children; and so, in recognizing my privilege and luck to stay at home with my healthy children, I celebrate and express, with the motherly tug-and-pull of frustrations and elations, the bold maternal and female form and spirit—instead of being afraid or denying that this can save us.

My body prints abstract the female form to see it fresh, conceptually stunning, maybe sensual or sexual, but not ascribing to the cultural-ideals. I use quotes in my body prints from my own musings and from famous and infamous friend-artists and mother-artists, and some who have questioned my way of mothering and artistry. By writing those down and printing over them, it is my way of processing the experience, to figure my way amongst it all. The expressive act hurts no one, and can only do well by sharing, if even one person relates.

This series builds on my first series of body prints (exhibited in 2012 at The New BLK Gallery’s Les Femmes Folles: VOICE). Inspired by Yves Klein’s “Anthropometries” (1960), my body-prints alternatively take a feminist approach; I work concurrently as the artist, director and model. Too, with regards to body image, my prints are observably that of a woman (not a girl); as the curls of p***c hair are evident with swirls of paint, working against the trend of prepubescent-styled bodies in popular media. The paint-splattered style is also reminiscent of the inkblot tests used for psychological interpretation; I, similarly, challenge viewers: what do you really see?

Along with my body prints are various series of intimate photographs and short video of my process--complete with toys and the domestic environment in which I work. I would like to continue these self portraits and videos. I also have a collaborative short film created in 2010 with two other mother-artists about the multi-faceted roles.

Art Time Mama, 2013-present:

My drawings of my sometimes pregnant, sometimes not, n**e form using children’s media of watercolor, crayon and markers aim to bring the sheltered or hyper-sexualized female form to an openly appreciated, non-scrutinized position. By incorporating my children’s craft and childhood imagery (some of the pieces they painted on before or after my work, or I used their book pages as canvas), I connect with them through the process and its outcome. They also comment on the somewhat inseparability of motherhood and artistry; and, too, the dichotomies of body image, sexuality and gender identity as it plays a role in motherhood and youth. Their raw and seemingly unfinished format comments on this aspect of motherhood. At the simplest, they are playful acts of love–for childhood, motherhood and the female body.

My current Art Time Mama collaborative drawings also intentionally leave unfinished lines on the body, echoing my current situation going through a divorce, and in general, the unfinished notion of motherhood. My goal is to create a large collaged work of several of these drawings, put together into somewhat of a graphed piece.

Feminist Tribute series, 2016-current:

I’m currently working on continuing explorations with motherhood, the body and nature with a sense of humor, in a cyclical act of tribute to various women and feminist artists. With body prints in camouflage alongside leaf prints, I reflect on how so many women have been lost to history and attempt to recall and remember some of them I have learned about my scripting about them on my prints over and over again. I sometimes erase the text to indicate their potential ill fate to history and the fact that my idea, honoring women artists in a work of art, is indeed, not knew, and moreover isn’t enough. Their titles include the artist names to give honor, with open-ended parentheses indicating hope. As I continue this series I am digging deeper into each artist’s history which then impacts my work more fully. For this series, the process is as important as the result.

I am also creating small self portrait drawings that include a mini-artwork by a feminist artist to give tribute to these artists that came before me.

Collaborations:

I have collaborated with several artists in all of the above series at various times. I feel motherhood, womanhood and just life as a human these days isn’t solitary and making these creative connections builds onto my solo work. I look forward to more connections and abilities to work with other artists and explore my artistry further--get in touch!

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Limited edition prints - figurative works each painted uniquely with watercolor - on sale to support my artist residency...

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Solo exhibit at @rhoneymeade botanical prints and drawings !

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