Feisty Fours (tm)

A cheeky exploration of complex, sometimes controversial or colorful, and always thought-invoking four-letter words and acronyms.

Prices, prints available on request.

Love Layered

The piece that launched this series. It started out so bright and colorful, it had me on edge. I immediately muted the colors and explored ways to make it feel more like me. Thus arrived the silhouette of a person, the outline of a human heart, and the butterfly. But, it also pushed me to explore brighter colors in subsequent pieces.

FUCK

Fuck is my favorite word — it is so versatile and, of course, colorful. FUCK is my very first “bright” painting - everything cheery and pleasant, perfectly contrasted against a word that has some people gasping. If you have no more fucks to give, here is one for you. Original and prints available!

TWAT

CUNT

Third in the Feisty Fours(TM) series, this piece came by request. Cunt is not a word I use, but why not? I have used it twice in my life, and have been called it once. Anger surrounded all usages. Well, no more. No playful and vibrant lips sit behind this wallpaper-like cunt. No anger here.

FINE

Did she say, “Fine?” Yes, it is a code word, and it does not mean everything is okay. Tread lightly upon receipt of a FINE. Unless, of course the speaker says it is a “real” fine. Then everything is okay.

STFU

Grow and Fly

This piece literally grew during creation. I had started out with another four letter word, but it just didn’t speak to me. I got stuck, trying so hard to make the other piece work. So, I painted over it and began anew. Grow and Fly sprung out of me on a mission to be seen. Life lesson: it is okay to realize you’ve hit a dead end. It is okay to start over. You will get somewhere even better. So, GROW get it!!!!

WTAF

Even though fuck is my favorite word, I had no idea what this acronym stood for. Whoops. FWIW, I usually just roll with WTF.

SHIT

Your SHIT doesn’t smell like roses. None of you.

LIVE

LIVE, as in “liv” as in does not rhyme with hive, came from a place of hope and positivity. When I finished it, though, I realized that women’s ability to live with autonomy and equality around the world was going backwards in many places, including in the U.S. I sit, wondering why women with power, education, and freedom to control their own bodies is scary to so many people. I don’t have an answer, but I will never stay quiet about women’s rights.

Hell Adorned