my life in drawings, paintings and poetry
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Saints and Sinners…
My life, artwork, thoughts, and random blurbs in an ongoing stream of paintings, drawings, multimedia art, prose, poetry, journalism, and photography. Please enjoy, and all feedback very much appreciated!-
the latest scribblings…
- It’s Possible! Warning: sick political meme alert 🤦🏻♀️🙊🤭
- Of Mice and Men. “I’ll love him, and I’ll pet him, and I’ll call him George.”
- A Profound Reflection Upon the Last Week of My Life
- A Surprise Gift: from Paris, with Love
- My Painting Studio: a Room with a View
- The Importance of Proper Nutrition
- That’s Amore…
- I WILL KEEP DANCING: Grace. Happy Mother’s Day to my little boy.
- From Bad to Worse: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Artist’s Struggle
- Mistinguett, Je T’aime <3
- A Nerd Girl Story in Photos. Briefly.
- The Song…THAT one and only soulmate song that still makes you cry…
- Ether
- Oh, Audrey
- writer’s block
- The Morgue Beneath Me
- The Goddess Diana
- Janice J. Cunningham
- A Poem for Papa (教皇的一首诗)
- How To Disappear Completely
- Hello again. Please pardon my absence…
- CAIRN. 2013. Mixed media & stones on stock, 10×14.
- CAIRN. 2013. Mixed media & stones on stock, 10×14.
- Watch “The Shining Recut”: HILARIOUS.
- cold
- The Playful Sentience of Artificial Intelligence – Chappie (2015)
- Jose Padua: The Night We Tried to Get a Poet Arrested
- Cat Power
- 2014 in Review: Saints and Sinners (janice j. cunningham)
- Perfect.
- CAIRN. 2013. Mixed media & stones on stock, 10×14.
- Yann Tiersen & KlangKuenstler – Die elektronische Welt der Amélie [Comptine d’une autre été Remix] by visionhalaz on SoundCloud
- BANKSY, I love you. (Vermeer’s “Girl With A Pearl Earring”)
- Do you like art and the creative process? Does the “eccentric” life of the “typical” artist intrigue you? Scare you? Amuse you? Inspire you? Read on…
- On the Inherent Nature of Man, or Why We Must Love…
- empath
- Taking their Comfort…
- Imperfection is perfect. But what defines perfection?
- Google Partners With UCSB To Build Quantum Processors For Artificial Intelligence
- Here’s the Schedule Very Successful People Follow Every Day
- 13 Ways A Guy Can Love A Girl Who Loves Books
- …and if you’re homesick, give me your hand, and I’ll hold it.
- baby
- When there is nothing left to write.
- No GOODBYES. See you again, my friend. (For Stephanie C. Havran. 10/17/83 – 7/24/2014. I miss you so much, mama.)
- SYLVIA PLATH – Mad Girl’s Love Song. (Set to her poem ARIEL.)
- Never Date Someone Who Doesn’t Make You Laugh
- Perfect.
- amore.
- Disowned
- Song To Say Goodbye
- Working on a Diligent Project.
- World’s Most Famous Baby Photographer on the Power of Motherhood
- A Poem for Papa (教皇的一首诗)
- My Take on Knife Sharpening
- 5 Small Changes You Can Make to Be Way More Productive
- BAG OF BROKEN DREAMS. (Subway series) 2003. Gouache/ink on stock. 5×8.
- My painting, ANIMA SOLA, was published. Woot!
- Sundown in Bed-Stuy. (Days of Pratt)
- QUEEN SIZE. 1998. Prismacolor and ballpoint on paper. 6×9.
- The Fine Art of Disappearing
- Out of the Ether, Into My Bones
- Gratitude in His Attitude: My Son Sings for Snacks
- The NYC Cockroach: A Brief Tutorial
- peas on earth
- In The End
- In Progress: Collaboration with my toddler. It’s big!
- The NYC Cockroach: A Brief Tutorial
- Ghost Posse
- THE END
- kveikur (instrumental version) by sigur rós on SoundCloud
- Dawn breaking on a NYC-bound train.
- Bound/Unbound: Painting of the Day
- CAIRN. 2013. Mixed media & stones on stock, 10×14.
- Yann Tiersen & KlangKuenstler – Die elektronische Welt der Amélie [Comptine d’une autre été Remix] by visionhalaz on SoundCloud
- Painting Warms the Soul.
- Goodbye NYC :’-(
- Goodbye NYC :’-(
- Groovy. Waiting for the uptown A.
- Train: Moving pictures.
- It’s just a perfect day. NYC bound…
- Watch “The Shining Recut”: HILARIOUS.
- Ardhanarishvara (11:11) अर्धनारीश्वर
- Dead Eyes… (Smashing Pumpkins: By Starlight)
- Throw Away Your Timepiece.
- Sundown in Bed-Stuy. (Days of Pratt)
- The Prophet (Boo Radley).
- Bottle of Blues: a Sketchbook Page of Yore
- Progression of a Peacock.
- A Painting a Day: the promise to myself.
- Day 4: St. Thérèse of Lisieux
- Cracker. That is all. I need to get out more…
- St Therese of Lisieux: Day 3
- Today’s Project. Relatable…
- A Painting a Day: Day 2
- A Painter’s Studio: a study in organized entropy.
- Day 2. Progression into Light
- Record Club: Velvet Underground & Nico ‘Sunday Morning’…RIP Lou Reed
- Biting the Hand that Fed You
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Frances. (detail) 2004; oil on canvas. 16x20”. NFS. #jjcunningham #contemporaryart #oilpainting #prattinstitute #artstudentsleague #oldholland #sennelier #gamblin #janicejcunningham #newyorkcity #berea #recluse #painter #painterslife #paintersofinstagram #artschooldropout #ethereal #haunted #ghostgirl #portraitpainting #painterslife #pearlpaint #meatmarket @aslnyc & @prattinstitute thank you for everything. #montauk #easthampton @goldeneaglearts @jimshrosbree @chuckconnelly I love you. ❤️no words. 🕊 #healing #pain #trauma #ptsd #grief #goodadvice #todolist ❤️#lindapastan #instruction“Dahling, do my #eyebrows look all right? I haven’t had my coffee yet and I can’t find my contacts...” 💋 Apparently an overzealous young #makeupartist decades ago decided poor #Shirley should resemble #bettedavis on a bad day 🥀 🎼those #bettedaviseyes 📽#hollywood #silverscreen #shirleytemple #ruined #creepydoll #badeyebrows #haunted #composition #babydoll #creepytoys #antique #childstar #facepaint #wrecked #dollphotography #dollcollector #poorbaby #ineedcoffee #ghostgirl #gooddaysunshineHappy Friday! Love, #baby #Michael 👶🏻🕯🧿 #scarydoll (I think he’s adorable) Early #1900’s #composition #babydoll w/ #glasseyes that open & close. I surmise he was a #domesticviolence victim, as half of his #head is missing under his #babybonnet. I love him even more because of this. ❤️ #scars #scarsarebeautiful #velveteenrabbit #accident #abusesurvivor #survivor #creepytoys #creepydoll #headwound #sleepyeyes #haunted #comeplaywithus #foreveryoung #antique #rosarybeads #early20thcentury #crazing #dolls #trappedsoul#paintersofinstagram #artistproblems #artislove #art #artistlife ❤️🎨🐇 ~ #rupikaurHow I long to have been born in this era. I feel like a #ghost. #twenties #roaringtwenties #roaring20sparty #twentiesfashion #flappers #deusexmachina #ghostinthemachine #sepia #oldphotos #ghostgirl #antiques #headress #beads #beadwork #silk #throwbackmoment 👻💋🥀📽🌛🌃 I long to be reincarnated as #thedabara or #mariondavies #silentscreenMerry Christmas. Boing. #blasphemy #jumpingforjesus #religiousmemesOh the #blasphemy! Merry Christmas 🎄 from a die hard #siciliangirl #romancatholic and to all the nuns I lived with at Sacred Heart in NYC. I love you I’m just feeling sick and ornery. #pneumonia #housebound #respiratory failure.#MerryChristmas & #HappyEaster from the #Cunningham #carnival of #creepy! 🐇😂👻 This #creepytoy is named #Henrietta. She’s decades old and made by #Telco. Her #flockedfabric #movinghead is #illuminated and she played music #onceuponatime. #Bunnymama loves her little #chicks ❤️🌷🐥 Henrietta is a #rescued #vintagetoy who is #haunted. #Animated & always smiling...bwahaha 👀🧸🐇 #antiques #oldtoys #dancingrabbit #creepycute #spookybunny #dollcollector #hauntedhouse #creepygirl #ghostgirl #myfriendshateme #thrifting #aliceinwonderlandBoo. 👻🧟♀️🐇 #inmyelement #creepygirls #ghostgirl #ghostly #haunted #nde #oldsoul #painterslife #antiqueclothing #antiques #jjcunningham #ghostwhisperer #flapper #deusexmachina #artistsoninstagramUnfortunately I’ll be spending #thanksgiving #inbed. I’ve got a scary #infection in my #bloodstream and I have #hospital #phobia AKA #nosocomial avoidance issues. #PTSD from two #comas, a #tracheostomy, and massive #burns from a #housefire. Hell. I think I’m a #zombie! Been #clinicallydead thrice. #strangerthings #NDE #codeblue #flatliners #ghostgirl 👻🧟♀️🙈🥀#HappyHolidays from my #hauntedhouse to yours! Chock full of #creepy #dolls, #antiques, and scary #animatronic #rabbits, #vintage #toys, and #windup and #animated #scarydolls. Not to mention #oilpaintings, #musicboxes, and ancient #antiquemirrors. Welcome. Tea? #hotelcalifornia #theoverlook #kubrick #theshining @stephenking please come #playwithme! 💀👻🙈🤡😱Just some random #finger #zombies for the #holidays. Beware of THOSE #family members 😱🧠🧟♀️ #thanksgiving #familydinner #mangia #brains #cannibalism #tasteslikechicken #fingerlingpotatoes #bekindtoeachother #familyportrait #dysfunctionalfamily #creepyart 🦃🍽🍁👻🕊🙈This is an #antique #musicbox that still plays, somewhat forlornly, #LoveStory. It was one of the few survivors on my nightstand after a #housefire melted half of my bedroom. 🔥 I saved a #vintage #chandelier #crystal and a #StJude #holymedal on it to remind me how lucky I am to be alive. #housefire #thirddegree #burn #melted #charred #fried #sadsong #goodbye #remains #windup #survivor #creepytoys #Catholic #grace #saints #burningbridges #prism #firebird #burnedalive #PTSD 💀👣🔥🚨🙈PAIX (The Kitchen Fire) 2013. Oil & mixed media on linen; 36x48”. (Stolen) #jjcunningham #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #oilpainting #mixedmedia #linen #goldleaf #deadleaves #tears #gauze #blood #burn #fire #kitchenfire #diary #thirddegree #agony #stolenart #janicejcunningham #paintersofinstagram #clevelandclinic 🏥 #bereafiredepartment Thank you, Nurse Tammy Coffee & surgeon Dr. Charles Yowler (great name lol) for successful #fried #limb #reattachment surgery using #skingrafts from my back. 💪🏼 🔥🔥🔥 #debridement is #HELL btw.#longashes #smokin #workaholic #contemporarypainting #jjcunningham #painter #photographer #selfportrait #prattinstitute @aslnyc #alumnus #thisaintartschool #habanero #cigars #turpentine #loveisintheair 🐇👁👻🎨⏳🐎🧿#artlife #makingstuff #creepy #inthebathroom #lighting #strangemagic #haunted #ghostgirl #beetlejuice #weirdo #newyorkcity #painter #oldskool #antiques #handmade #dolls #inthedark #rockinghorse #vintage #toomanyfuckinghashtags #ineedsleep #inspiration is #deadly 👻🐇🤪🤯💀👽🎨 big LOL.So glad I’m a vegetarian. I like fish because @kurtcobain said “it’s okay to eat fish ‘cause the don’t have any feelings...” but after watching #findingnemo it’s a tad problematic. #Vegetables are my thang. I’m just glad they don’t scream in pain when I #chop, #steam, #stirfry, or put them through the #spiralizer. 🥦🥒🍅🥕🥔🍎🥑🥬🍆 I do love my #mandoline ~ the ultimate #sadistic #torture method. The #zoodles are #screaming in this #Sicilian #kitchen this merry eve! 🍽😱 #vegan #vegetarian #bekindtoanimals @marleyficalora @peta #unicorn meat? #nope 🤢🤮#fishheads glare at me...I think I’m a #veganforlife 🐮🐷🐥🐠🐖🐄🐑🐓🐇#justsayno #meatismurder @morrissey.fans.united #thesmithsNew babies. Urgently reattaching heads lol. #creepydolls #haunted #headless #antiquedoll #brokenbabies #dolls #dollstagram #dollsofinstagram #theyrealive 👶🏻😱👻🧟♀️ why people keep giving me lovely gifts is beyond me! #grateful ❤️#whocares #dontworrybehappy #vintagepostcard #youdoyou #idgaf 😂🙃👻👾🍒🎨🎈- The Big DayJuly 19th, 2018The big day is here.
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janice j. cunningham · my life in drawings, paintings, photography and poetry
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Thank you Jason. I miss you
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P.S. I lied.
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