Big City original oil painting by HMBT copyright 2009
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‘Big City’18″ x 24″Oils on gallery wrapped canvasfinished sides, ready to hangAvailable for purchase on the BAD! Kitty Web Site Here is the quote that goes with this work:“We are not innocent children victimized by a big bad world; if our world is big and bad, we made it that way. This is what the Buddha taught. The “other” is the child’s boogeyman, the projection of our own fears onto a terrifying object of our imagination, which in turn terrorizes us. Our ignorance is not seeing that we are the other. We cannot afford to confuse innocence with this ignorance. Violence is not a permanent, immutable, fixed object. It is a state of mind, an expression of ignorance, with no more solid substance than a cloud. We cannot make a frontal attack on violence. Even protecting ourselves from it fuels its boogeyman existence. But the Buddha taught that we can change. This was his good news: that there is a way to alleviate suffering by freeing our minds from greed, anger, and ignorance. Yet until we apprehend the ways in which we are Oklahoma City, the bombs and the baby bears, the victims and the violators, we will continue to blame “them,” all the while proclaiming our innocence and evading our responsibilities.” ~Helen Tworkov‘Big City’ is a memory I have. A memory of my first night alone in a big city, knowing no one, no one knowing me. Being invisible in a crowd and feeling exposed, naked. It the memory of my first night as a homeless youth, it is about being scared and wide-eyed. It is about being scared but not a coward. It is about remaining that wide-eyed girl, in a strange city and feeling free for the first time in my life. I could become anyone, become anything… it was all up to me. It is about being hungry, being lost, being unloved and unseen. It is about making this life as beauty-full as I can, and not letting fear ever tell me what I am or what I am worth… or stopping me from taking the risk of living in the unknown. It is about accomplishments, failure and learning that there is no growth without risk. It’s about becoming, that first night, in the cold, naked and uneducated, becoming “I AM”. It is about leaving the comfort of the known and flying free to become the real Me. It is about uniting myself internally, so that I could become someone that mattered to myself and the world at large too. It is a touchstone for me, it is a memory that I hold dear. It is the declaration that I have become that person I have always needed. It is about freedom. Freedom is what you do with whats been done to you. It’s about owning nothing and still having it all. This is what I did with my Thanksgiving holiday, I embraced my loved ones, I ate great food, I painted like a mad woman. I flew, I sang, I danced, I embraced truth and love and gratitude. I share this moment with you all because it is important to say, “I see you”, “I am you”, I Am and you Are too. I hope you enjoyed your holiday too, in the way that feels most right to you and yours, and that you know that you are not alone in this world. There will always be something to believe in, I belive in us, I belive in you, and I belive in me too.Love to all,Heatherhttp://www.badkittyartstudio.comSupport living artists, buy some original art todayPS. the oranges are a little too bright in these pictures, they are a little softer than these images imply, They are glow-y and thick with paint…just FYI. 
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Stop by and check out my feature at this terrific blog! Being an artist, is more than painting a pretty picture, it’s communion of the soul, a record of living. Being a spirit centered artist, it was so nice to be approached by such a fine person as Erin, and a wonderful visionary artist. A real honor!Thanks for being here, have a great day!
Heather
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Two original oil painting by HMBT copyright 2009
Two - close up
‘Two’
18″ x 24″
oils on gallery wrapped canvas
Finished sides, ready to hang
Original is available for sale at the BAD! kitty art studio web site.
Here is the quote that goes with this work:
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Heather
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‘Watch Tower’
20″ x 24″ x 1.5″
Oils
Gallery wrapped canvas, painted sides, ready to hang
Available for purchase at the BAD! Kitty Art Studio Web Site
Here is the quote that goes along with this work:
“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.”
‘Languish’
20″ x 24″Gallery wrapped canvas, painted sides, ready to hang
Available for purchase on my web site
The quote that goes with this work:
For here the religion that languishes in crowded cities or steals shame-faced to hide itself in dim churches, flourishes greatly, filling the soul with a solemn joy. Face to face with Nature on the vast hills at eventide, who does not feel himself near to the Unseen?
Have a great day and thanks for being here today.
Heather
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Iron Wood Tree: Bent not Broken Oils copyright 2009 HMBT
The Ironwood Tree: Bent not Broken
24″ x 18″
oils and mixed media
Finished sides, needs no frame, back stapled canvas
Ready to hang
Here is the quote that inspired the work:the rain, but dance in it. This time we are living through is tough, hard on the ego, hard on the stress, hard on the pocketbook. Times they are tough.
Many of us are trying to find our way back to who we thought we were, I’ve decided to stand true and bend. Lean into this time, ask what I can learn, and continue forward. I paint. I create. I love and live right out loud. I am in harmony with my true self and this storm will pass and I will still be standing,
Bent but not Broken.
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward some are strong at the broken
places.” ~Ernest Hemingway
The Ironwood Tree is all about bending, all about being able to not get out of
In all of the pictures I took of this work, these were the best. The color on my monitor looks about right, but from experience I know that this shade of purple/blue/mauve/pink can vary widely on other monitors… this is a deep
blue shade of purple. Overall the sky colors are a study of red and blue combinations to explore the mood of the color purple, there are even hints of soft orange too. So, I just wanted you all out there to know what the work really looks like no matter how it may appear on your monitors. I hope that helps, please feel free to use the “contact artist” button in the left hand side
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Mask Man
18″ x 24″
oils
Finished sides, needs no frame
Ready to hang
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Here is the quote that inspired the painting:
Every profound spirit needs a mask: even more, around
every profound spirit a mask is continually growing.
~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Mask Man was an accident. I was going for a completely different type of painting, but as soon as he started to take shape I knew I was going to paint what needed to be created, not what I wanted to create. He is done in rich earth tones and set in a blacker than black background. He glows from the canvas, he invites you to see what is in and on your heart, he inspires self love and inner peace. He knows that if we all could shine our inner lights a little brighter, we can change the world from a rat race to a nirvana, because it all starts inside of each of us. Inner peace is like a virus, it spreads and grows, and someday if we are all unafraid enough, it will change our world, save our spaceship earth and cure the evil of hate, greed and bigotry.
We all have masks that we wear, our social or public masks, our family masks, our business masks. Long ago I decided that I was tired of trying on all those masks just so the world would accept me as I am, with the mask I was born with; what I was born with in my heart and my soul. When I did that my life became so much easier to handle. No longer did I have to worry if I had on the proper mask for any experience, person, or place. I come to the masked ball of life, naked. I am Raw and Radiant, and have no need to pretend to be anything other than myself. Like it or lump it, this is me, and I like myself, as is. My opinion of myself and my character is more important than what anyone else’s opinion of me will ever be.
I created the Mask Man to remind myself, it’s not what is behind the masks that people wear, it’s what’s in their hearts, and what’s hidden behind their eyes that is important. This work is one of my favorites, because it painted (or gave birth) to itself. My body, mind and soul were just the instrument to put it onto the canvas for others to see, feel and learn from. This mask is a happy, loving and compassionate teacher. It offers you friendship, the wealth of a healthy soul, and unconditional love, just as you are.
May your day be filled with compassionate love, for yourself and the world at large. To every living thing, I say, I love you, you belong, you are needed and you are special.
Heather
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Maggie original oil painting by HMBT copyright 209
‘Maggie May’
oils
18″ x 24″
Finished sides, painting on back stapled gallery canvas, needs no frame and is ready to hang
The quote that inspired the work:
We women, when we’re searching for a meaning to our lives or for the path of knowledge, always identify with one of four classic archetypes.
The Virgin (and I’m not speaking here of a sexual virgin) is the one whose search springs from her complete independence, and everything she learns is the fruit of her ability to face challenges alone.
The Martyr finds her way to self-knowledge through pain, suffering, and surrender.
The Saint finds her true reason for living in unconditional love and in her ability to give without asking anything in return.
Finally, the Witch justifies her existence by going in search of complete and limitless pleasure.
It’s hard to see in the picture, but she has rich sparkling green eyes. She really is a very pretty girl, with a warm and loving heart. I hope you enjoy my newest work. Thanks for being here today.
Heather
