Paintings and Drawings: The Strength Series

The inspiration for these paintings and drawings comes from psychologist Rick Hanson’s idea of “taking in the good.” One of his practices is setting time aside to appreciate one’s strengths, such as creativity and intuition. I wanted to see what my strengths looked like visually, and so I created this series, which invites viewers to ask, “What are my strengths?”

<p><em>The Strength of the Willingness to be Vulnerable</em>, 16″ x 16″, ink and mixed media on paper</p> <p><em>The Strength of Dreams and Intuition #1 </em>, 9″ x 9″, pastel</p> <p><em>The Strength of Telling the Truth</em>, 15″ x 11″, ink on paper</p> <p><em>The Strength of the Self through All the Changes</em>, 30″ x 22″, ink and mixed media on paper</p> <p><em>The Strength of Dreams and Intuition #2</em>, 22″ x 30″, ink on paper</p> <p><em>The Strength of Play and Creativity</em>, 20″ x 20″, ink on yupo paper</p> <p><i>The Strength of Persistence, </i>24″ x 18″, watercolor and mixed media on paper</p> <p>The Strength of the Willingness to Change, 12″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p> <p><em>The Strength to Face What’s Difficult</em>, 22x 30” , ink on paper</p> <p>The Strength of Speaking Truth to Power, 26″ x 20″, ink on yupo paper</p>