Mushroom Bloom 2020 is one of the first paintings I started working on during the early days of the Non-Stop Vision Train Global Art Jam. The Corona Virus appeared in the middle and mushrooms started to sprout out of it one by one until there was a bloom of color representing the renaissance of vision within humanity that would blossom out of this time of the great global pandemic of 2020.
Each one of these mushrooms represents one of us as unique blossoms of a mycelial network powerful enough to bring healing and balance if we slow down enough to listen. It is through the full expression of our beauty and originality that we find peace. The foundation of this piece began in the opening circle of the 2019 Mixtek Mystics painting intensive that Joe Bob Merritt and I led at the @chapelofsacredmirrors , NY in October 2019. As an exercise in spontaneity, creation and destruction, all 21 of us spent 2 minutes drawing on each others panels as we passed them around. It began collaboratively with: @amandawolf_art , @illuminatedrose , @babenveda , @georgeperham , @nick.dangelo.art , @simone_young_art , @silverarrowart , @psigidelia , @ainhoafeldmann , @juliadiamond_ @katedownes.art @katieroserainbowmaker , @andrewavenarts , @clofarodesigns @hilary.astrid , @earthstarlux , @lesleyanneburke , @michellemuller.art , @veronikarose.art @josephrobertmerritt
Each of them signed the back and the original carries the spirit of collaboration and community which is the driving force of the @visiontrain . 💫 Mushroom Bloom 2020 11x14” charcoal, acrylic, casein & oil on canvas 2020 The original is available and I just released a limited edition archival print available on my website🍄 DM for more info and links💫 . . #mushroomart #mushrooms #visionaryart #mushroommagicexhibition #visiontrain #nonstopvisiontrainglobalartjam #mushroommagic https://www.instagram.com/p/CFJHhqEp6lX/?igshid=o2ye6tb2563c
