Disclosure - Sold

I was thinking about the notion of disclosure, disclosing to oneself, to another. When our wound, our vulnerability opens to the world it can feel like everything is falling apart. This painting visualizes the break pointing where our truth needs to have air to breath, where we can voice our pain, be honest with ourselves and remove the shame we have about every feeling we have judged as wrong or bad. When we can truly express all our feelings then the colors of life become deeper, richer, and more vibrant. Now we can create from a truthful place that brings our gifts to the light.

oil on canvas

36 inches x 36 inches

Suzanne Bean at Xchanges Gallery

This is a video from a show I had last year at Xchanges Gallery. I have finally figured out how to post from Youtube. Yes, I can be a bit slow :D

A Valentine Message

Today is a day to love who you are and follow your heart.

When we can listen within and love every part of ourselves then it ripples out into the world.

Even if your alone on Valentine's Day do something wonderful for yourself and

know that you will attract the right person who will love all of you, all the light and dark.

I do believe that each person is a mirror that will give us clues to how we love. My last relationship gave me a gift. The gift was very painful as he lied to me and then turned my love and kindness back in hate and anger, but I was strong and walked away.

This experience was a gift as he was a mirror for me to see where love was missing in my life. I had to look at where I had lied to myself, where I still hated parts of myself that I felt ashamed of. I decided to love all of me. I took my pain and turned it into love. I now love all that I witness within.

I know that when I'm ready the perfect person for me will enter my life. My heart is open to love.

My wish today is that you all love yourself unconditionally and take the time to look within and love every part of who you are. You are all magnificant people who deserve love.

In loving thoughts,

Suzanne

Boxed in - Sold

The wounded feminine lives in both women and men. The inner place where we've shut ourselves off, where we live without a voice, where we haven't spoken up.

When we box ourselves into a certain way of being we will attract people to show us what we haven't owned within. We will attract people who display parts of themselves that we're not comfortable with such as anger, control, criticism just to name a few.

When we never speak up or defend ourselves we shut ourselves off from our authentic voice, a voice that knows how we feel at any given moment.

Honor your voice through creativity, whatever you choose, writing, art, dance. We must create an "Inner Revolution" that says, Its not okay to treat us badly, to abuse us, to throw us away. We need to take a stand, speak up, and make ourselves count.

Create something today to give yourself permission to be heard, to live, to be a part of this world.

Oil on canvas

36 inches x 36 inches

2008

Sold

The Wounded Feminine - Sold

The wounded feminine, who has ignored feelings and now in the dark screams of the pain that has been buried so deep within. It is time to release, to embrace, to embark on a journey of reclaiming all that has been forgotten.

Oil on canvas

36 inches x 48 inches

2009

Sold

The Many Hues of White #3 - Sold

He moves me.........

This painting comes from my idea about the many hues of white, but I was also inspired by a dream. The title "He moves me" popped into my head as I was waking up. My dream guy was supportive of my creative ideas, as my inner male, he mirrored the love that is deeply developing within my being. A spirit of light and love that is available for everyone to experience.

My intention in the world is that everyone follow that voice that speaks of being unique, so that your gift can bring inspiration to all.

Oil on canvas

24 in. x 24 in.

I find myself in a fig

I laugh at the title, but think why not write about this inner world that seems to throw me around, tosses me in an unknown universe of my inner figness.

I was writing earlier today about love and how when something we judge as bad happens and we think (to much thinking) how horrible this is. How could this happen to me. Then I felt something as I looked at my half eaten fig. Inside this amazing piece of fruit, is a universe unto itself, complete, whole, and just being what it does best, being a fig. Does this fig sit there looking up at me as I take a bite, saying, How horrible it is that I'm going to die from my original form, how bad this event is, or poor me!!!! This fig stared up at me, even in its half eaten form it still looked beautiful, it was still a fig, but perhaps this fig was going to be transformed into something completely different.

So I thought, well, when people leave our lives or events happen that may seem unfair, I feel that it is now just a different form that this universe wants us to take on. This universe wants us to grow, be eaten away into something much more beautiful, more loving, more of who we are meant to be.

Perhaps we hold on to tightly to who we think we are. Perhaps if we allow each person or event to teach us to go more deeply into love than into hate, perhaps then we can transform ourselves into a new beautiful form.

Allow yourself to become the love that you want to see in the world. Allow life to take you deeper into love.

I'm now going back to eat the rest of my figs.