All posts by hartbreakerar

Hanging By a Thread

This image is a mixed media painting on canvas. I used scrapbooking paper in the background, and I used thead to create the ball of string. In this image, the chair is symbolic of being alone and feeling overwhelmed. As a military spouse, my husband and I spend months apart while he is deployed overseas. Many of my…

Missing Us

This image is a mixed media painting on canvas and contains a sonogram of a friend's baby. My friend Courtney asked me to come with her to find out the sex of her first child in her husband's absence. While I was thrilled to support my friend, I was part of a stolen moment. I…

Disconnected

This is a mixed media painting on canvas. I used hemp twine and scrapbooking paper as well as acrylic paint. This is one image out of a series of twenty five that was painted for a show about being a military spouse and having a husband deployed overseas. In this image, the chair is symbolic of a spouse…