Painting Rocks of Kindness and Respect

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ABOUT THIS EVENT
Event Category

Arts & DIY

Event Overview

 It's a simple act of kindness that's making a big impact in communities across the country brighten the days of strangers — one colorful rock at a time. 


Looking for a creative and relaxing way to spend your Friday evening?


Grab several of your friends and enjoy an evening of painting and community building at Flying Dolphin Studio.


If you have that favorite perfect rock you may bring it with you! 


Create several rocks ~ one to keep and others to share with friends on your travels as you explore your neighborhood this summer!

Minimum age

All ages welcome

What's Provided

ALL supplies will be provided: rocks, paint, brushes and mod podge to seal your final masterpieces!

What You Can Expect From This Experience
  • Community building
  • Family and kid-friendly
  • Accessible for all ages and skill levels
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MORE ABOUT YOUR HOST

I am a multi-disciplinary artist living in Chicago, working in oil paint, collage, installation, and object-based practices. Currently, I am exploring representation of objects and how they vacillate between imagination and that which is tangible. The distance between these two perceptions is informed by an individual’s life experiences; everyone lives to a different degree inside a dream.

I incorporate reclaimed objects, as well as a variety of other media, into my work, expressed in the form of assemblages that integrate items from my environment into a cohesive piece. This creates space to explore placement and re-define accepted associations. Similarly, my paintings are composed of non-connected objects intuitively painted on the canvas, creating surrealistic compositions that explore the relationship shared by these objects, blurring the edges between eroticism and banality of this dreamscape as it is informed by the real world. This provides the viewer a metaphoric playhouse to wander though unknown topographies of their imagination.

We are exposed to an overwhelming degree of stimuli daily, creating an anesthetized perception of the world. My intent is to jar the viewer out of their walking numbness, granting them permission to delve into and re-examine familiar objects with fresh eyes.

Like a Zen parable, I want my work to confound the logical brain to access a deeper, more nuanced truth.

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