Kinross 2016

Items

• Fly Away (Hummingbird)
  A vertical bright pink painting of a large green and yellow hummingbird flying toward the upper left corner. There are three large purple flowers under the wings and tail of the bird.
• Raw Beauty (Skull with Flowers)
• Downtime
  A horizontal painting of a dark grey background with a small black outlined figure sitting on the ground holding their knees to the chest. There is a large thought bubble emerging to the left. Within it, there are graffiti like illustrations of color and patterns, they drip beyond the thought bubble to the bottom of the page.
• My Wall
  A painting of a white cracked wall with a large hole in the center. The exposed hole in the wall reveals a plethora of rainbow colors in small vertical strokes.
• Unity
  A sculpture of a pair of hands holding a red heart and a cross. The hands have bands of color that from the finger tips are dark brown, and at the wrists a pale white color, indicating ranges of ethnicity. Under the hands there is the word "Unity," written in black sharp letters over a blue and red background.
• What do I See??
  three pages arranged diagonally, with collaged images from magazines. The images leave no blank spaces, and repreating images include: motorcycles, nature, dogs, Native American imagery, and text. Samples of text from the collage are words and phrases such as, "Be in your moment," or, "Ive never felt so alone in my life." Additonally, "Make every day count," and "I would life to be a mom one day, and this terrifies me." In the top left there is collaged text that repeats the titles of the piece, "my life what do I see?"
• Eyes
• Perspective
  A line drawing of two fists beside eachother revealing tattooed knuckles. The left and right hand spell out, "impulsiv."
• Dream Catcher
  A dream catcher with one large yellow circle and red and white threads woven inside of it. There are six large brown feathers hanging from the bottom of the circle, with black and red beads above the string. In the right near the center of the cirlce there is a single gold spider.
• Simple Life
• Fall Floral Arrangement
  A handmade boquet of roses: red, yellow, and orange, gathered in a yellow pot. The pot has a single dried yellow flower on the outside. There are tall brown grasses that compliment the roses in the vase.
• Remeemed
  A pressed boquet of yellow flowers and daisies with small green leaves, over a green and white speckled background.
• Spiritual Revival
  A pressed boquet of orange, yellow, and magenta flowers over a painted blue and yellow background.
• Kool aid Art
  small fiber made sculptures of white butterflies and flowers. They have a magenta and light blue trim. In the top left and right corner there are to different butterflies, and along the bottom there are three flowers and petals.
• RIbbons
• Flower Vase
  A vertical still life of a yellow short vase holding five tall flowers with red, pink, blue, yellow, and purple petals. The vase rests on a yellow backdrop.
• Beach Concert
  A horizontal drawing of a whimsical beach scene: a large tide of blue water and small colorful marine creatures in the water. There is a large swirling piano key boardwalk, a large yellow microphone sun, and two dolphins holding guitars. Along the right there is a beach with flute-like palm trees that lead to a lighthouse in the distance.
• Shattered Woman
  A floating head of a fragmented face, with long dark hair and big blue eyes. The left side of the face has yellow and orange forehead and nose, and a brown cheek where a blue tear is falling. The right side has tan skins and a smile, there is a yellow light around the hair. In the upper left corner there is a bright yellow star. In the bottom right corner there is pink highlighted text that says,"broken women surrounded by a dark cloud wishing on a star."
• Girl Lost in Thought
  A pencil drawing of a cartoonish woman with long braids and bucket hat stares to the left off in space. She is wearing a short sleeve button up and pleated pants with a belt. She is surrounded by a puffy line indicating a thought bubble. There is a title written in ink pen, "girl lost in thought."
• A Set of Dishes
• The Garden
  A small sculpture of a garden scene: green grass red roses, and a black and lbue picnic table and heart shaped chair. The table has an umbrella and a yellow pitcher.
• What Time Is It?
  A sculpture of person wearing a white shirt and orange pants with their legs crossed. One hand is over the chest and the right is holding a pipe and staff. The hand over the chest has rianbow fingers and a watch that has a face reading, "what time is it?" The face has a series of colorful patterns and textures, and it has short black hair.
• My Little Bloom of My Love
  A sculpture of a tree against a blue square sky and growing from a brown patch of dirt. The tree has pink blossoming paper flowers, and beaded birds hanging flying around the branches.
• See What I see
• Everyone Matters
  A painting of a single body with two heads split in half. The left arm and face has brown skin and black hair, the right side has white skin and brown hair. The torso is a purple t shirt. The background is a red color and there is curvy text that reads left to right vertically, "everyone matters.."
• Tiny house
• Arm knitted blanket
• The Redheaded Lady
• Let Equality Bloom
  A red square painting with grey spletter texture, there is a glitter filled sihlouette of a person from the chest up facing the left, on their head is a blac kand white boquet of roses. In white dripping letters at the top of the page, there are words reading, "let equality bloom."
• Smoggy Night
• Darkness who?
• Perspective
  A portrait of a Black woman from the shoulders up, she has long silver thick hair, and glitter red lips. She is wearing gold dangley earrings and a red tank top with a pin of a person on it. There is text from the left that carries to the right written in red that says, "When you look forward, behind you doesn't exist."
• Identity
  A Black woman with short red and grey hair with gold highlights stands before a backdrop determining height, posing for a mugshot. She has brown eyes and red lips, she is wearing large gold hoop earrings. To the right there are white letters, "A mugshot is not an identity."
• How: Part One
  A two page instructional comic: the first page is the title with drawings of objects required to, as the title says, "make a fefe." The objects you will need are, "towel, latex glove, pen, rubber band, and lube." The second page is an 8 step process drawn out: "1. fold the towel in thirds lengthwise. 2. place glove flat on one end of towel. 3.roll glove inside of towel. 4. stretch hand hole of glove backward over towel. 5. place rubber band around midsection of rolled towel. 6. tie ring finger and middle finger of glove to the pen 7. lubricate fingers and insert into cavity to stretch and lubricate the cavity. 8. go ham!"
• The Motto
  A cartoon line drawing of the earth with sad eyes and large black lips. On it's head is a blue ice pack, and in it's mouth is a red theromometer. The Earth is holding a sign that says in red letters, "F*#! Nature."
• Parallax Paradoxes
  A landscape pencil drawing that seems collage like. There are many different elements: a broken heart clock at the bottom left, a woman's face in clown makeup rising in a fire cloud of smoke, the head of a devil peaking behind a man wearing a covid mask and a symbol of a triangle with an eye inside on his forehead. Above him there is a grim reaper beside a tombstone that says, "R.I.P Me." To the right is a red background with the head of a woman wearing a fedora and a covid-19 mask. Underneath that there are happy and sad theatrical masks, days marked off a calendar, and lastly, words that say, "MDOC," "FML," "LOL," and "U of M."
• Beauty in Nature
• If you Stare into the Abyss
  A series of large spheres that resemble planets and a large green anatomical eyeball. One spehere has a large green spiral, another is a swirling brown color, and the large green eyeball has pink soft organs falling into three lines. In the eyeball's reflection there is the black backgorund with blue streaks and red and orange dripping spots of color.
• Roiling River
  A vertical landscape painting of a river flowing from the top left to bottom right of the page. There are tall trees with few leaves along the riverbank. The leaves are yellow, and in the background there are a lot of green trees. The riverbank is curvy and contains brown grasses. The sky is a light purple.
• Aerial Phenomenon: FALL
  A horizontal landscape of a body of water reflecting the trees along the water's edge. The treets are tall and a watercolor mixture of reds and greens. The sky is a light purple, and at the bottom of the page there are green and grey grasses framing the water shore.
• The Summoner
  A creature wearing a long brown robe points a wand toward a large lime green swirling light that reaches the top of the page. It is frames by a rounded dark archway with debris hanging from the top. The creature has human like hands and a head with a long goatee, a third eye placed on the forehead, and two thick horns curled downward.
• An Interdimensional Mentor
  A drawing of an alien with a long grey head and skinny neck wearing a red robe with yellow trim. The alien has large black eyes, and on it's forhead a symbol of a triangle surrounded by a circle. The background is a vibrant purple with small spheres on the right.
• Out Driving
  A pencil drawn portrait of a woman from the neck up resting her head upon her left hand on her right arm. She is facing the right and has a large smile. She has dark hair in a natural fro style.
• Robert Downey Jr.
  A pencil drawn portrait of a man wearing a suit from the chest up. The man is looking off toward the right, he has short spiked hair and a stubble mustache. The man has his arms crossed over his chest. Based on the title, the man drawn is actor, Robert Downey Jr.
• The Unknown
  A pencil drawn landscape of a large hill and a small river flowing to the right of it. There is a thin tree with bunches of leaves beside the water. From the left leading up there are broken stones on a path leading to a stone archway, the entrance is dark. In the backgorund there is a large and radiant sun peaking over the hill.
• A Walk Through a Fire Autumn Day
• Ember-Goddess of the Realms of the Trees
  A drawing of a blue unicorn with flowing red hair and red eyes. It's horn is a bright yellow, and the backgorund is a lush forest vegetation. Framing the unicorn drawing is a blue illustrated frame of a cosmic sky with white stars, moon, and lcouds. At the top center there is a bright yellow swirling sun.
• No name late (mtn wood)
  A portrait of a face broken into seperate parts: on the left there is a woman with green eyes, and red hair. she is wearing a crown of thorns, and crying black tears. On the right there is a skull that has stems and leaves growing from the mouth that become roses up by the forehead. Under the chin there is a large purple and green mouth, and under each wing are two snake heads.
• No name early
  A purple monotone drawing of a naked fairy above a patch of mushrooms and flowers. The fairy is looking up and has one arm raised beside a butterfly resting on that hand. In the background there is a full moon.
• 3 in 1 Pendulum Clock/Jewlery Box/Bank
  A series of rectangular boxes stacked vertically . The boxes have a raw edge and on the surfaces a purple and yellow printed pattern. In the middle box there is a gold pendulem of a clock. On the top box there is a golden face of a clock.
• Michigan Sunset
  A landscape painting of the blue Lake Michigan and a orange, pink, purple and yellow sunset. On the lake you can see a long pier, and lighthouse.
• Dua Lipa Butterfly
  A three fourths view of a woman's face. Her portrait is from the neck up, and she has long dark hair. On her face there is a projection of a blue and purple butterfly. Based on the title, the woman painted is the famous singer, Dua Lipa. The background is a rich purple, and the lighting is somewhat dark, making the skin appear a redish color.
• Estris
  A vertical landscape of a lush green forest with pine trees and a large blue sky with thin white clouds. emerging from the tree line is a larger than life buck with brown fur and tan antleers. It is larger than the trees, and points it's head toward the sky.
• Buck in the Woods
  A landscape forest painting of skinny tree trunks at varying distances. Walking through them is a brown buck with small antleers, it is facing the right. A single brown tree extends past the frame of the painting.
• My Freedom
  Three small collections of pink and purple flowers. On the middle bunch there is a large cartoonish blue butterfly sniffing the flower.
• Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
  A vertical blue painting with a dark blue frame. There are green vines growing from the left to right and up back to the left. The vines have small pink flowers growing on them, and small yellow and red butterflies. In the center there is a yellow flower with a green center, and above it: a green hummingbird facing the right.
• Zoo Too
  A vertical drawing of an array of different animals wearing prison uniforms centered around an old white man with thick round black glasses. In his lap there are two small animals, and he has one finger raised as if sharing a story. The animals gathered around include: A hippo doing a one arm handstand, an owl resting on an elephant's head, a lion, flamingo, pig, dog, money, white horse, and giraffe. The background is a bright blue, and in the distance there are orange flames.
• I am Vaccinated
  A full body drawing of a superhero man with red boots, tight green pants, and large black fists. His belt has a radioactive symbol in flames, and blue background. The chest has three stars and purple ridges build off the body on the shoulders, arms, and booots. The man has a letter A on the forehead and has short dark hair. There are words written vertically in block letters that say, " I am vaccinated!"
• Met the Family
  A landscape nighttime drawing of three Cheetahs laying in the short green grass. The black night sky has a white crescent moon in the right upper corner of the drawing. There is a skinny and tall tree on the left side of the page.
• Lou's Bicycles and Custom Cycle
  A three dimensional cardboard model of a bicycle shop and small storefront with a mailbox, three bikes, and a lampost. The Stroe has large windows and a sign that says, "Lou's bicyles & custom cycle New Indian & Hardley Davidson." The inside of the shop has green walls and holds mulitple small bicycles.
• Pane
  A still life of a textured point of view of an artist: an easel beside a basket of colored pencils. The easel contains a stylized rendition of a tree with a swing hanging from a branch, and a building with red flowers growing on it. On a blue striped wall there is a window: the window has a view outside of the image created on the canvas.
• Blessed Art Thou
  A landscape image of a religious scene: four people kneeling at God's feet. God's arms are raised, and has a gold halo around the head. They are wearing a white robe with blue fabric draped over the sohulder. There is a dove above God's head emminating yellow beams of light in a blue sky. To the left and right there are two brown scriptures. From left to right they read, "blessed you poor one in spirit, for yours is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you who mourn for you will be comforted. Blessed are you meek one, you will inherit the land Blessed are you who's clean of heart for you will see God. Blessed are you who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for you will be satisfied Blessed you are merciful one for you will be shown mercy. Blessed are you peacemaker for you will be called a child of God. Blessed are you who is persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for yours is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsey because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven."
• The Sax Man
  A greyscale drawing of a man from the waist up playing a saxophone. The man has short dark hair combed back, and a thin mustache. He is wearing a suit and his eyes are closed as her plays the instrument.
• The Lone Sax
  A greyscale and realistic drawing of a saxophone, slightly tilted to the right with it's mouthpiece facing the left.
• Beauty
  A Black woman poses by sitting with her arm laying across her pointed knee, she looks off to the right. Her hand rests on the left sife of her face. She has big brown eyes and pink lips. Her forhead is cut off by large pink cursive letters with a yellow outline that say, "Beauty"
• Thanks for the Service
  A large ship on a blue ocean. The ship has orange fluid leaking from the deck, and has a United States flag hanging from a control center. In the blue sky there is a large United States flag on the left, and a jet plane with orange tipped wings flying on the right.
• Steal Your Heart
  A vertical drawing of an arrangement of three skulls and roses surrounding them. The background are grey shaded rings. There are two smaller skulls with a larger one above them, the larger one has a large black tear on the forehead that reveals an opening of space, stars, and a red and blue planet. There is text at the bottom in white curvy letters that says, "Steal your face." The drawing refrences the musical group The Grateful Dead.
• Synergistic
  A psychedelic drawing of a body of water and rainbow sky. The drawing is done in a similar style to the band, The Grateful Dead. There are green and orange bears surfing the blue water on flowers. Beside them is a skull wearing a red bandana with a blue bolt in the center. In the far distance there is a colofrul orb that emits large beams of light, within the honeycomb rainbow sky. There is a white cloud with a white bear on it. At the bottom of the page there are words written in rainbow block letters, "He had to die."
• The Face of God
  A drawing of a section of a man's face, abstrcated by colors, symbols, and negative space. The background is a cosmic scene of bright small colorful lines that create small swirls, planets, and stars. The man's face has a brown beard that has yellow astrological symbols painted on it. One eye is a blue swirl of color, and the other is a bright yellow. Where the forhead would be, is a flaming symbol of Yin and Yang.
• Serenity
• When the Wizard Walks By
  A vertical black and white drawing of a tall and crumbling castle. Standing beside a large, twisted bare tree, is a wizard carrying a large staff and wearing a large pointy hat.
• I Need Someone to Hug!
  A painting of a woman standing on a green round path of grass. She is wearing a long red dress, her arms crossed over one another. Her head is tilted slightly to the left, she has short dark hair and a blank expression. The sky behind her is a pale blue.
• Not Again
  An ink portrait drawing of a person from the neck up: their head is tilted to the right, and resting in the palm of their hand. The lines of ink create dark shades that create volume on the face, and lines that create texture. Only the left side of the face is visible, the rest is hidden within the palm of the hand, and hair swept into the face.
• the Color of Drawing
  a watercolor painting of a man wearing a blue shirt playing two blue small drums.
• Melting Sadness
  A vertical portrait of a woman with her head tilted toward the sky. Her hair is a short, straight, and a purple color. As it falls to her shoulder, her shoulder blends into the background. Her blue eyes have a single tear flowing down her face. The background is a purple and blue blended vertically, that turns into a yellow and green toward the bottom of the page.
• Holding Emotions
  A vertical pencil drawing of a man's head resting in his palm. The man is coming from the left of the drawing. He has long straight dark hair that covers part of his hand and face. His hand is covering his nose, he closes his eyes. The background has a halo of light around the man that blends into grey toward the edges of the drawing.
• Aren't Dogs Sweet?!?
• Even in the Dark, There's Beauty
  A portrait of a Black woman with her bare head tilted back, exposing the right side of her face. Her hand rests on her neck below her chin. She is facing a bright yellow light toward the left, and the right side of her is in a blue darkness.
• Pokeball
  A watercolor painting of a Poké Ball, from the Pokemon series: A small sphere with a red top and white bottom, in the center a black band that has a circle in the center of it. There are colors and speckles of red and purple near the top of the sphere.
• Horse
• Falling Down Locked Up
  An intense drawing of a point of view of a person with their hands extended from darkness. The hands reached out are shackled and have strong veins. The fingers and palms are illuminated by a bright yellow light that is shining in thick bright beams through a cell window, down a grey cracked brick wall. Through the cell window you see a bright yellow space, and an orange winged creature flying downwards.
• Backwards in Time
• Life, Death and Smell the Roses
  A pencil drawing of a skull, the forehead of the skull is large and contains a circular clock with large ornate hands that extend past the edge of the skull. In the center of that clock with roman numerals, there is a single dark eye.
• Beautiful Music
• Horse
• Butterfly
  A simple line drawing on white paper. The line in black ink starts at the bottom left and surves upwards and out to create the shape of a butterfly wing, then the line moves to the right down, up, and down once more to create the shape of the body and another wing. There are two dots over the body indivating eyes or antennae.
• Autumn Cardinals
  Two large white Lillies with bright green stems, and two more that have not yet opened up. The background is a soft and blended blue with closed lily pod like shapes of green blended into the soft light blue.
• Swallowtail Butterfly
  A large yellow butterfly with black and purple edges and small stripes rests on a bunch of pointy green leaves. The green leaves have small purple flowers growing from the center of the stems.
• Easter Lilies
  A drawing of a bush of tall plants with woody stems and green leaves are holding up two bright red Northern Cardinals. One Cardinal leans forward pointing it's beak toward a small green caterpillar resting on a stem.
• A Force
• Contemplation
• Just a Thought
• Mountain Church
  a whimsical landscape painting of a cabin with a small farm near a body of water, with a large mountain range at the shore. There are tall pine trees, and grey stones around the water and cabin. The cabin's lights illuminate a porch and two cows in a pen beside the building. There is a small campfire along the water's shore in front of the house.
• Mountain Cabin
  A serene painting of a thin dirt path leading to the steps of a stone church with tall blue steeple. To the left there is a stone bridge over grey water surronded by flowers, ivy, and blue and purple bushes. The grey river leads to the background that has large stones and coloful Autumn trees at it's edge. The river becomes a thin line descending from a tall mountain surrounded by clouds and birds in the distance.
• A Peaceful Valley
  A serene painting of a dirt path leading to a stone bridge over a creek and to a small stone cottage. Surrounding the path and house are large yellow birch trees, red maple trees, and tall green pine trees. In the far distance there is a snpw capped mountain and yellow sky.
• An American Symbol
  A drawing of a Blad Eagle flying close to the ground, it's wings spread up and back, and talons outstretched. It's close to two large grey rocks that reside in an open green field with more rocks in the background. There is a large empty blue sky. The painting is framed by a brown geometric painted border.
• Home Sweet Home
  A vertical still life painting. On a yellow table there is a tell round ceramic vessel. It has a series of straight and wavy lines painted on it near the top. At the foot of the vessel is a basket of lemons, and two lemons on the table. The basket is resting on white textiles folded over and draping off the table. The wall behind the table is brown and cracked,there is a framed picture that has white letters reading, "Home sweet home."
• An Artist is Born
  A small boy painted in greyscale is holding a paintbrush, he is surrounded by an explosion of colors behind him: pink, yellow, orange, and purples. The paintbrush from his left hand is dripping blue paint that drips down into the word, "Love."
• A Crying Heart
  A large red cartoon heart is in the center of the painting, surrounding it are two blue birds, a yellow sky with magenta clouds, and a purple sea. From the heart there are spikes, and tears flowing from a single green photorealistic eye in the center of the heart.
• How Should we Use Our Powers to Change the World?
  A drawing of an apocalyptic type scene with distant buildings surrounded by smoke, and ash falling from the sky. There is a large hole in the ground, and in the center a single pillar. On the rock pillar is a small person with long hair, wearing a plague doctor mask. The person is looking down into their hands that are holding a small dark object.