Art helps me feel calm & brave. I turn my chronic nerve pain into pictures, my pictures into worlds, seeing life as a living brush strokes.
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Learn MoreRealism, caricature, landscapes, abstract, and expressive color, exploring depth, shadows, values, and imagination through pencil, paint, and mixed media. I fearlessly mix acrylics and watercolors, crush petals, stamens, and pollen into paper, and use lake water to explore color. I create with charcoal from the fire, blending it with pastels, watercolor, and soft to hard lead. Saved 4 years of toy boxes to build a standing structure of me, teaching creativity, reuse, & toys are friends.
Who or what inspires Nirvana to create?I love art so much. I inspire myself, my family, nature, and imagination. I create by feeling into the moment and allowing ideas to move through me. I become it. I am art.
What is Nirvana's favorite art form?This is a challening questions, I have never had favourites with anything. But if I had to pick one art form, it would be handmade watercolors.
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