Grace Lynne Art

Just an artist trying to share my work with the world.All art work posted tagged ByGraceLynne is Copyright. Website: www.bygracelynne.com IG:bygracelynne

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“The Love We Share”

An illustration about the unconditional love between black men and their sons. 

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“What We Have To Do”

By Grace Lynne

This illustration is about how Republicans were trying to stop Black Democrats from getting to the polls in the election.

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There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs down and holds on to the vines. Looking down, she sees that there are tigers below her as well. She then notices that a mouse is gnawing away at the vine to which she is clinging. She also sees a beautiful little bunch of strawberries close to her, growing out of a clump of grass. She looks up and she looks down. She looks at the mouse. Then she just takes a strawberry, puts it in her mouth, and enjoys it thoroughly. Tigers above, tigers below. This is actually the predicament that we are always in, in terms of our birth and death. Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we’ll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.

 Pema Chödrön (via theglasschild)

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She wanted so to be tranquil, to be someone who took walks in the late-afternoon sun, listening to the birds and crickets and feeling the whole world breathe. Instead, she lived in her head like a madwoman locked in a tower, hearing the wind howling through her hair and waiting for someone to come and rescue her from feeling things so deeply that her bones burned. She had plenty of evidence that she had a good life. She just couldn’t feel the life she had. It was as though she had cancer of the perspective.

Carrie Fisher, Postcards From the Edge (via galadrielles)

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It’s been very rare to have known you, very strange and wonderful.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned  (via fyp-psychology)

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Hey everyone! I made it a goal for this Summer to frequently post more of my Art, and adventures on social media. 

Follow my IG: bygracelynne for more art updates and info!

Thanks

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Things that are beautiful, and die. Things that fall asleep in the afternoon, in sun. Things that laugh, then cover their mouths, ashamed of their teeth.

Laura Kasischke, from “Space, in chains,” Space, in Chains (via lifeinpoetry)

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hey I absolutely love your artwork. it's so beautiful and moving.

Thank you so much <3 

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This piece was selected for American Illustration Annual 35. Super proud, and excited. What a honor. More blessings to come.

“What Cats Do”

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“Long Way Home”

Digital and Mixed Media

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Website: www.bygracelynne.com

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“Childhood”

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“Conformation”

Digital Mixed Media

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You know how wild you are.

Edna St. Vincent Millay, from Menses: Collected Poems (via scrcngcti)

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Today was such an amazing day that I had to write about it. I have always had a passion for theatre, so I decided to take design class this term that was based on the theatre. For the class we get free tickets to different plays in the city. The play I went to was an interactive play in which the audience was involved in the actual play itself. 

It was a very intimate setting where you are literally a few feet from the actor and the actor would somehow incorporate members of the audience into his plays. The play was set in a warehouse with tons and tons of boxes filled with so many vintage goodies from all over the world. We got to explore and see what was in those boxes before the play actually started. There were so many amazing little treasures that you would never find in stores. It inspired me to collect more items, and embrace my hoarding lol ( but in a productive and inspiring way).

I was a bit nervous that I would get called on because tbh stuff like that always happens to me. I am pretty sure it is because of my hair lol. However, I focused on remaining calm, and whatever would happen I would just go with the flow.

Of course I end up getting picked from the audience, and was part of a whole skit in the play. It was basically improv, and I had to go with the flow, meaning whatever surprise would come my way I would just have to act along with it. It was amazing because I felt so out of my comfort zone but at the same time I felt so comfortable being on stage. 

There were so many scenes that I participated in that I will never forget. Like the peanuts ( foam )  falling from the ceiling at the end of the scene, the actor tap dancing on out pretend date, having the actor tell me to kiss him on the cheek and then going for my lips ! Hah that took me for a loop for real though lol, but it was all fun. I felt amazing, I felt like myself, and it was fun being on stage in front of so many people doing things I never done before.

I honestly felt so alive, and I wish I felt like that all the time. I was so inspired. 

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A little watercolor piece I did while back. I still like this one

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Just when all hope seems to be lost, and inspiration is seriously lacking I finally receive an email from a gallery director in Germany about possibly a show in the future. I needed to hear that to keep moving forward.

I needed to hear that so bad. Lately I been so lost. When I came back from Germany, I felt this deadly back to reality type of feeling. I miss being around the unfamiliar, I miss being in strange places. I miss adventure and the unknown. I miss Germany, and now that I am back home I don’t even know what to do with myself. I can choose to go up, or down, and I will go up.

I am working on a new painting series and I am super excited. i want to focus more on the portraits and the identity of individuals. I decided to do my series on the mentally disabled kids that my mom works with. I want to get to know the kids and paint their portraits and i am super excited. 

I am also hoping to move out soon. I kinda live in 2 different places right now, and I don’t know if ‘living’ is the right term since most of my shit is in either a suitcase or a box. I desperately want a place to call me own, and I really wanted to move in with people that I know but that doesn’t look like it’ll be the case; at least not for this term. 

What is life doing to maeeeeee ???

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