Recovery is like a book with different chapters. Sometimes those chapters reflect on the events of the past building into the present story and shared the emotions of the present. Each chapter can reflect the different feelings of joy, pain, or grief. My art ebbs and flows like chapters or the changing of seasons. Different life events or plot twists are like the changes of colors or the media used you can see how my media changes but still sticks with the traditional of painting here. The greatest influences on my art include my father who has been a local sign painter and interior designer for decades, several of my…

There is more to life than what our five senses can detect on a daily basis. As a self-taught artist, I like to create art as a I experience and capture life as it unfolds. I paint with acrylics, oils or watercolors, or just capturing images with a simple camera phone to help retain the moment somehow. It is through art that I carve out a sacred head-space where I think about my Savior Jesus Christ and the realness of God as I live my every breath with meaning. I use my art-time to pray and slow down my anxiety about tomorrow and chip away at wasted time on panic…

I enjoy using different mediums when creating art. I am displaying a colored pencil drawing, a watercolor and graphite drawing. Each piece shows a different perspective of God’s beautiful creation.

When I draw, I feel free and I can do combat with the voices that say I am not enough. I frequently make mistakes, yet I continue to pursue the loud laugh of color on my page that says I am enough! My artwork is multisensory and immersive. It encourages viewers to see the world from different perspectives. When my children were small we participated in many sensory integration activities. Those activities have greatly influenced my artistic process. Now, I provide the viewer with manipulatives such as light diffraction glasses and color therapy glasses. I ask the viewer to see how the drawings change shape and color. Furthermore, I encourage…

Leslie Dudley Corbell is a Christian, artist and art historian as well as a social-emotional learning coach and co-host of @mindofachild podcast. To live in Christ is to live in freedom. Christ has torn down the walls that hemmed me in and broken the chains of captivity. Live in the present, create without fear, work without hindrance, honor God In all you do or say. It is for freedom that Christ has set you free. (Galatians 5:1) Oil on canvas

Recovered From… is a body of work that span a few decades of my life in recovery. Dead Winter examines where I would be without my Higher Power, Jesus Christ and represents a dark season of battling depression and suicidal ideation. Turning to Jesus in my despair and being grafted into His life-giving Vine ultimately kept me from becoming lifeless in body and spirit. Angsty Hydrangea was created over the course of a week during COVID-19. My process of recovering from insecurity, particularly around painting, is ongoing, harrowing and liberating, all at once. Sharing the process with others takes me out of isolation and brings my fears into the light…

Rachel Borntrager uses the idea of wide-view landscapes and topography to remember and honor moments of wholeness in life, especially moments where joy and pain co-exist. She uses ink, alcohol ink, water, and gouache to create layers of depth. Her work always includes the use of salt, an element she believes is as conceptually important as it is visually to her designs.

1.Mountain biking, here on local feature the Masterpiece can be depression lifting, anxiety decreasing, and stress relieving for so many. Watercolor painting 8×10 with mat and framed to 11×14. 2. Watercolor painting 8×10 with mat and frame to 11×14 showing the changes in the brain by PET scan, validating the “realness” of depression. Many people are stigmatized when they have this disease. 3. Top Of The World comic strip, digital art, 8×10 mat and framed to 11×14 showing how support can get you through tough times, in this case, the pandemic. 4. Humorous comic featuring a Sphynx cat gaining weight because of stress due to the pandemic. 8×10 mat and…

A vent piece.