Sails on the Sea, 2023
Medium

Acrylic Paint


Dimensions

51.0 x 51.0 cm


Year Created

2023

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Small < 80cm
Landscape orientation
Portrait orientation

About this artwork

I have this childhood memory of a painting of a boat, a boy leaning off one edge, the balance between the two slightly askew. It has become a compilation of several paintings I have seen over the years to the point that I can no longer call upon a completely accurate description. That image of a boy balancing on the edge of a boat always made me feel that we are never more stable than the moment we trust. His comfort in the water, with the boat, his experience in how far he could lean, his confidence in the bobbing of the boat on the water to carry him rather than knock him over. There is an ease in riding the water. He is relaxed. Surrendering but still in control. There is a lesson there about leaning out to edge of our capabilities, the edge of our comfort, the edge of our understanding, leaning out just enough. Balancing safety with risk and then trusting that the waves of life are carrying us where we want to go.

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@margaret_lipsey on August 12 2024, 12:45pm UTC
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@margaret_lipsey on June 06 2024, 11:45am UTC
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@margaret_lipsey on November 09 2023, 5:28pm UTC

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We go through life, unaware of all the twists, all the decisions, all the subtle changes we go through to become who we are becoming. We stand unaware of our magic and our gifts settling into the mediocre and the monotonous. Until one day a spark lights within, or a conversation illuminates, or a tragedy requires us to finally see all that we are.  The fullness of ourselves, our power, and our potential. And then suddenly all the choices, all that we have gathered and learned and become, transforms into a beautiful mosaic. We begin to understand that we are here to add to the ourselves until we are filled up with all the pieces of who we are. No matter how disparate they seem. No matter how strange. My work is my pathway to understanding my own mosaic, to filling it up, to discovering more of the pieces. It is ever shifting, never-ending, and becoming more of who I truly am as the years pass. My hope is that it will help you discover something within you that has been waiting to be seen, that has been waiting to be embraced, and that will add to the mosaic of who you are.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1975 in Ann Arbor, MI. Currently residing in Montréal, QC.

Education
1998 · Howard University

Exercise Physiology

2001 · New England Culinary Institute

Culinary Arts

Solo Exhibitions
Feb 1, 2023 - Feb 28, 2023

Featured Artist for Black History month, West Elm Montreal

Apr 1, 2019 - May 15, 2019

Women of Strength & Abundance of Hope at l'Appartement with Damask & Dentelle

Apr 7, 2022 - Apr 14, 2022

Serenity & Self, Arte Cavallo.

Aug 4, 2021 - Sep 24, 2021

Serenity, The Old Brewery Mission gallery and shelter

Group Exhibitions
Feb 1, 2023 - Feb 28, 2023

Featured Artist for Black History month, West Elm Montreal

Apr 1, 2019 - May 15, 2019

Women of Strength & Abundance of Hope at l'Appartement with Damask & Dentelle

Apr 7, 2022 - Apr 14, 2022

Serenity & Self, Arte Cavallo.

Aug 4, 2021 - Sep 24, 2021

Serenity, The Old Brewery Mission gallery and shelter

Achievements

3+ Solo Shows
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2+ Degrees
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