“Tinkering”
40X30
Oil on Canvas
Status: for sale, fixed price

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“Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” Dr. Seuss

Typically, I would write to you all, in great detail, what inspired a new piece of artwork. I always explain the who, what, where, when, why and how of it all.

This time, I’d like to hear from you all first, your thoughts, unbiased and free from suggestion. Please leave your comments below.

Just to make things interesting, the FIRST PERSON to come even close to guessing what the story behind this painting is, will receive the first print of this artwork.

Thank you for supporting my art and I look forward to reading what you all come up with. Good luck

“Goddess of Reinvention”
48X40”
Acrylic on canvas
$2000USD+FREE shipping worldwide

We women abuse ourselves more than anyone else, leaving us covered in invisible scars and bruises that eventually surface and ruin our future plans.

We are shown through advertising and filters bodies that we can’t possibly achieve, possessions we can’t afford and lovers that are too perfect to be real. A false and unattainable sense of security is sold to us making anything lesser subpar when what’s really happening is we have been trained to actively not participate in reality.

Resulting in setting impossible goals and when those are not met we are left deflated and that often leads to self abuse. So, what can you do to make yourself happy?

It is never too late to change your perceptions and see the world for what it is, a place full of opportunities. We can reinvent ourselves and turn the pain into something beautiful like this painting I have made celebrating that idea.

Outside influences are suggestive but at the end of the day you must be disciplined and control your own mind.

If I dug a grave for every person I used to be there would be a cemetery in my backyard.

Shed your skin, sit comfortably in your own decisions and don’t entertain the speeches of fools depicting what you should and shouldn’t be.

“Artifact 18”
40X20
Acrylic & Oil on Canvas
$950USD +free shipping worldwide

R. Buckminster Fuller was a renowned 20th century inventor and visionary born in Milton, Massachusetts on July 12, 1895. Dedicating his life to making the world work for all of humanity, Fuller operated as a practical philosopher who demonstrated his ideas as inventions that he called “artifacts.”

Fuller did not limit himself to one field but worked as a 'comprehensive anticipatory design scientist' to solve global problems surrounding housing, shelter, transportation, education, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty.

Throughout the course of his life Fuller held 28 patents, authored 28 books, received 47 honorary degrees. And while his most well know artifact, the geodesic dome, has been produced over 300,000 times worldwide, Fuller's true impact on the world today can be found in his continued influence upon generations of designers, architects, scientists and artists working to create a more sustainable planet.

YES this is the painting that got me #shadowbanned from Facebook without notice.
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“Donald Trump's Soviet-style personality cult is a dystopian nightmare for America” – Henry McLeish
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The similarities between Stalin & Trump are staggering and loving Animal Farm so much I couldn’t help myself! At the end of the book Jessie, peering through the farmers window, could no longer make a distinction between man or pig and it was then the reader realizes that all hope is lost, sound familiar?
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What do YOU think will happen next in the USA? Will the parallel theme of a personality cult alongside Trumps’ Presidential style have lasting repercussions for generations to come? Please share your thoughts below and REMEMBER everyone is entitled to their own opinion, be educated and respectful in your conversations here. Thank you for your attention.
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ANIMAL FARM 2020 (Seeds of Civil War)
by Katy McManus
Acrylic & pastels on canvas
NFS

“Ammonite”
42X54
Oil on canvas 2016, bring-out-your-dead, Workshop at my place with @katiahonour The spiral signifies constant change, more to the point EVOLUTION. This represents the void of ego and is a constant reminder of healing through movement. @neal_adams_art throwback...great minds think alike!!!

“Zappa”
2018 36X72 SOLD So happy to have this painting stay close to my hometown, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. This collector appeared 3 days before my move to Indonesia in August 2018. It was a match made in Heaven and I never met anyone who knew more about Frank Zappa and his musical career. Moments like these are what ddrive me to make artwork everyday.

“The Grimm”
2018 SOLD 72X10X14
Featuring @a.l._grime Ally Grimm, the first installment in my Porcelain Portrait Series, a study of the beauty and fragility each individual artist holds. We destroy ourselves for our art little by little and still press forward. Our energy is precious and must be spent wisely.

"Big Bang" 24X36 acrylic on canvas, collaboration with my dear friend & multi-talented artist RD Desoto.  I camped in maine for 6 weeks and towards the end a few friends, new and old joined me. THIS is the product of 2 likemindded visionaries coming together and creating magic.

“Quintessence” by @katymcmanusart
Featuring Nikola Tesla
30X40 acrylic/oil on canvas
3/4 in the “Scientific Saints” Series “Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point in the universe. This idea is not novel... We find it in the delightful myth of Antheus, who derives power from the earth; we find it among the subtle speculations of one of your splendid mathematicians... Throughout space there is energy. Is this energy static or kinetic? If static our hopes are in vain; if kinetic and this is what WE KNOW it is, for certain - then it is a mere question of time when man will succeed in attaching machinery to the very wheel-work of nature.”
-Nikola Tesla

UPDATE: @aperture_opening WON THIS PAINTING 🙏 It’s wonderful now, one year later, seeing the landscape turn green again after the crippling wild fires all over Australia. I wanted to show my children the beauty of Australia, instead I will show them the ash that hero’s are born from.
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The unmanageable wildfires, due in part by aboriginal cool burning practices being ignored by western policies, in Australia devastated the landscape, ecosystem, wildlife, & most Australians way of life.
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This is my new home and I didn’t want to sit by ideally playing the blame game. I didn’t care how the fires started I just wanted to manifest aide in whatever form I could. I made this aboriginalesque inspired mandala as a prayer for rain and gifted it to one of my followers. It may have worked too well as there is now flooding in the North to watch out for.
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Australian is forever changing and resilient and I absolutely love being here and calling this country home and watching its ever changing landscape thrive.
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#australia #saveaustralia #australiawildlife #australiabushfires #animals #heros #voluteers #australiafires “Prayer for Rain” 24X24 acrylic on canvas

“Thinking of Jimmy Rich”
2.5X6 foot Acrylic & Oil on canvas
“He is my super power, my secret weapon, he’s been my right hand man for the last ten years.” Robert Downey Jr. quote about Jimmy Rich

Some friendships are so grand they lack definition & something magical happens; you build each other up emotionally & if you’re lucky professionally. May we all be blessed to find connections like this in others.

Thank you @jimmy_rich for allowing me to honor your kinship in this way.

Unfortunately, I am sad to report, with a heavy heart, we lost this remarkable human being Jimmy Rich in a car crash early in 2021. He left us a legacy of kindness & adventure in the examples he set by living his life in his own truth on his own terms. When I think of him & its more often than not, I smile and think off the gift in this collaborative painting we made together. Rest in Peace dear man.

“Kharma” 55X63
Acrylic on canvas
Karma involves the idea of the continuity of a pattern. People look for patterns everywhere. It is a part of our intrinsic make-up and a big reason for the survival of our species. When history repeats itself, it tends to do so with good karma or bad karma. Karma transcends many cycles of life so you won’t necessarily reap the benefits of what you sow in this lifetime. Nor can you expect to pay for your indiscretions here and now.
On her right hand she holds the Ori of Vivi that releases fear, anxiety, guilt, shame and mainly allows courage and pleasure in one’s own accomplishments ignited by the breath of creation that can only come from a woman.
With her left hand she holds the form of the Ahamkara Mudra meant only for emotional and spiritual use specifically for manifesting self-confidence, self-assertion & for counteracting fear and timidity.
I am blessed that the original mural concept (4X this size) for this painting fell short of my expectations as I was going to paint it for free, now I’m left me with a beautiful painting that can go anywhere and truly find the home it was intended for. Thank you for looking

“Tusk” completed 40X48 Acrylic & Oil on canvas. This is my simple version of Ganesha (destroyer of obstacles) with one of his wives, Buddhi (meaning wisdom) and their son Labha (meaning profit or acquisition), here Ganesha’s broken tusk shows through Buddhis heart & touches the third eye of his son connecting them all from harm, shame & stupidity. Thank you for looking

Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living. - Anthony Douglas Williams
Amongst doing countless studies and this master painting I have found myself in a blessed meditative state here in Bali; I’ve been seeking truth & honesty in people as simple as a flower in Spring & the island continues to provide this in spades. This woman carries herself like a Queen, stepping out of her one bedroom villa every morning to tend to the families blessings that she quietly gathers from the ground; rice, banana leaves, frangipani blossoms, incense and care surround her fingers and spread to the family like wild fire. A spark of protection that could only come from her hands. She finally spoke to me, after two months of silence, before I left for my new villa in Ubud. Her words were as soft and graceful as her foot steps and a smile of gratitude formed on her face when she gazed upon her painting for the first time. I am so glad to have had her energy around me while in Penestanan. Thank you for looking at my painting that is on its way out of the country to its new home 🙏, “Goddess of Patience” 24X36 Acrylic & Oil on canvas.

“Ode to the Artsits’ Hands”
24X24 oil on canvas 🙌 Soft and strong
covered in paint and tears
always pointing me in the right direction.
There to marry to the heart that gravity, doubt and time claw at like rats.
Abused and taken for granted yet still they serve dutifully as sanctuary for my head at night.
Rifling through my sketches and books
nagging me to make an occupation for them like children playing dress-up.
Pretty maids all in a row....
Broken, scarred, knotted, weathered, calloused, bruised,
soft and strong and covered in paint and tears
always pointing me in the right direction.

My life without your love was empty and simple. 💕 love xoxo-k

What is to be done next when you’re actively fulfilling your legacy, when is enough, enough? As Artists, we say NEVER. Keep retelling your tales however you can and dream another dream to share everyday. XOXO-k

Quests for The Holy Grail

A man of many minds, Set upon his Road of Trials...
What makes a man; A leader amongst men?
For a hero to succeed He must face these trials alone In the name of a just cause, Returning dead or alive.
For a God to emerge Our hero must return victorious From his quest unscathed.
Kings ride home with spoils Some for the crops Some for the cocks, Bragging of triumphs not won alone.
Saints carried, approaching their thrown's, Holy relics abound with Condolences for widows Delivered through Wine stained lips.
To produce a leader, A being of balanced virtue & experience, One must face this Road of Trials & in retelling the tale through deep scars and Broken teeth to virgin ears, Be humbled by its influence & Respectful of its recollection.
When dawn is dusk Our leader is the only one who dreams; He rests in his legacy; Content in the stars, Seeking nothing of daybreak... Conqueror of all.

Now, for those of you that actually read this ...the next question is, what is this man like today? Picture a person of actual sound body and mind, someone who has actually managed not to get a God-Complex in this horrible cyber world we live in, careful with his words and exacting in his movements. Art would imitate life and vice versa, a true dreamer, someone who can see what’s ahead and the possibilities of what could be...so is every artist that tells their story everyday, as they see it, a leader? If YES, what are you doing to seek that truth today, live in that light, humble yourself before your Road of Trials to emerge a leader yourself?
Stay humble, stay truthful, stay observant