Artist
Sometimes, I feel like the only way I can really communicate is through the work I create. Even as a small kid, I expressed myself through piano playing, then songwriting, poetry and writing, photography and now painting. It’s not like I have a shortage of words… just a shortage of…
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only one who goes through cycles of confidence and insecurity. I envy those people who are confident all the time. I even wonder, do they feel confident all the time? Maybe it’s not so much about confidence as much as having the courage to…
I’ve created so many works in this collection (Aftermath) and I can feel a bit of the ‘thrill’ or inspiration starting to wane…more like morph. I’m determined to be patient as the muse shifts. I am listening to Elizabeth Gilbert read her book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, on…
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. Anais Nin It’s Spring! Flowers, trees and people are blooming despite the pandemic and covid19. No doubt, life has been a roller coaster but when is it not? We do what we can to help our loved ones, those who are helping others,…
Meet some of my kids.(but first, meet my mother!) Even if you’re not an artist, you know what I’m talking about. We love our children in different ways but we love ALL of them! And if I’m the mother of my ‘kids’ then Liza Zhurkovskaya is a new Aunt. Liza…
Home is where your heart is. Now, literally, and more than ever.Fill it with love. See the world through loving eyes, even in the midst of…That’s when it needs you the most.Keep the faith. As artists, we offer the option to clients and collectors to commission us to create a piece of artwork. It’s a…
Laugh as much as possible, always laugh.It’s the sweetest thing one can do for oneself & one’s fellow human beings. –Maya Angelou This is a Dream, Right? Wake me up! Wake me up! But wait…. Aren’t we all waking up? In the midst of this pandemic, there appears to be a lot of waking…
From ‘Raw from the Road’, A Robbie Kaye Blog It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot Wow wow wow! What a phenomenal year it’s been. May was the launch of my new artwork represented by The Brittany Davis Gallery, where I just had an amazing solo…
I’m almost 60 years old and I still get to share my parents.
Burn Baby Burn Burnout is nature’s way of telling you, you’ve been going through the motions your soul has departed; you’re a zombie, a member of the walking dead, a sleepwalker. False optimism is like administrating stimulants to an exhausted nervous system. Sam Keen, Fire in the Belly: On Being a…
Raw From the Road, August 15, 2018 Cracked, Reflections of Imperfections It’s those bare, unguarded moment that the viewer is invited into in these evocative photos. The intimacy is compelling, irresistible. Those small moments reverberate inside. Not small at all. The very substance of life. Excerpted from the foreword written by…
What’s Your Story? It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.Patrick Rothfuss Magic, Resin and Acrylic Paint, from the book, Endurance We all have a story because we all…
Raw from the Road, April 16, 2018 In the Still of the Knight I’m kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal. Yoko Ono You know the saying “she’s like a bull in a china shop?” Well, picture a bull in a…
Trying Out We regret to tell you that your work was not among those selected by the juror. Yesterday’s Email Rejection can disappoint you, depress you and may even stop you in your tracks… learn not to take rejection so personally… if you’re honest with yourself and believe in…
Life Plans, Raw From The Road, March 7, 2018 Life Plans Gather up your telegrams Your faded pictures, best laid plans Books and postcards, 45’s Every sunset in the sky Carry with you maps and string, flashlights Friends who make you sing And stars to help you find your…
Going home after 40 years.
Imperfection, Raw From The Road, February 1, 2018 Imperfection Imperfection is beauty. Madness is genius. It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. -Marilyn Monroe As I started to look into this mirror, cracked and imperfect, I started letting go of my need for perfection… from myself…
Raw From The Road, November 16, 2017 Things ARE Looking Up Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. Stephen Hawking On a recent trip to Europe…
Raw from the Road, August 31, 2017 My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Maya Angelou You may be wondering what in the hell does that mean? I…
Raw From The Road, June 28, 2017 Public Speaking Run from what’s comfortable. Forget Safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad. Rumi Live TV Interview with Jeanmarie Bassior on L.A. Talk…
Raw from the Road, May 23, 2017 Now Trending The need for an empty space, a pause, is something we have all felt in our bones; it’s the rest in a piece of music that gives it resonance and shape. Pico Iyer Do you notice how…
Raw From The Road, May 16, 2017 A Day Off You are like this cup; you are full of ideas. You come and ask for teaching, but your cup is full; I can’t put anything in. Before I can teach you, you’ll have to empty your cup. Master Ryutan…
Raw from the Road, May 9, 2017 All Over The Place We adore chaos because we love to produce order. M. C. Escher All over the place. Yep that’s me. I’m all over the place. And today, I am embracing my all over the…
Raw From The Road, May 4, 2017 Nothing to Defend When all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. Stephen Chbosky (Excerpted from a previous blog entry, 2013) I’m learning that I am just the vessel in which these things flow through…
Raw from the Road, April 20, 2017 (Excerpt, March 13, 2013 blog entry) The Wow Factor A person who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that their happiness lies outside them, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within them. Soren Kierkegaard I…
Raw from the Road, Las Cruces, April 13, 2017 Don’t Cry Mama Don’t cry mama It aint so bad Come a little closer I can’t see you I know you don’t like to come here much You prefer the cemetery The proper burial ground But you know my soul is…
Raw From The Road, Las Cruces, April 14, 2017 Straight No Chaser I never knew what hit me. Like a shooting star You came out of nowhere. You and me, on the same path, Traveling in the same direction. I was always a little ahead of you. You trailed for…
Raw from the Road, April 7, 2017 Topanga Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it’s better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. Marilyn Monroe No. 5 This self-portrait was taken at Topanga State Beach, CA and it’s from the “Topanga” series in the typology, ‘Deconstruction’….
Raw From The Road, April 6, 2017 St. Monica It is worse to stay where one does not belong at all than to wander about lost for a while and looking for the psychic and soulful kinship one requires. Clarissa Pinkola Estes No. 4 I made this self-portrait in Santa…
Raw From The Road, April 5, 2017 I Sea I come to the sea to breathe. *Mary Anne Radmacher No. 3 I made this self-portrait in Cannon Beach, Oregon. “Cannon Beach” is a series in the typology, Deconstruction. In winter, while on a 3 week vision quest in…