Here is a detail from my large work ""Storming." Want to see more of my art? Check out my website https://gallerydz.com/ for more images, videos and news!

Did you know that my website has videos of many of my feminist paintings? Watch to hear me tell the stories of each work and to see close ups of the painting surfaces! Go to https://gallerydz.com/virtual-art-shows/
#closeups #website #videos #paintingoftheday #paintings #tellthestories

I am almost done my painting "Science." My last steps will involve removing all the blue tape protecting the frame, waxing the frame and then building the boxes to hold the work.
Don't forget to check out my work at the Flourish show !
https://www.workhousearts.org/flourish-2026

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to win a seat in the House of Representatives and was sworn in on April 2, 1917.
When then president Wilson called for war with Germany, Rankin said ""I wish to stand for my country," she said, "but I cannot vote for war."
This woman had courage!

Happy Birthday to all the April 1st birthdays!
( Detail from my encaustic wedding painting, still being finished.And a small cat painting!)
#happybirthday #april1st #worldtoday #birthdays #paintings #paintingoftheday

I would like to honor Heather Heyer, who marched in the protest against the Unite the Right event. She died after white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr murdered her by hitting her with his car.
This small work , 12"x12", was painted shortly after this event. She is a hero.

"Lucy Burns," 30" x 44", encaustic with scrub brushes, eyeballs ,buttons and crystals
I am packing up this work , as it will be part of a show called "Democracy: United We Stand" at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish art, March 20 until July 31, 2026

"Suffragist and Zombies," encaustic, 60"x60"
This painting depicts "The Night of Terror" at the Occoquan Prison on November 15, 1917.
Happy Women's History Month!

Detail from painting, "Women's March", encaustic mixed media
Happy Women's History Month! Let's celebrate by honoring Alicia Keys, who recited "Still I rise" (by Maya Angelou) and sang "Girl on fire" at the Women's March back in 2017.
Happy Women's History Month!

"Eleanor Roosevelt, Study," 13 x 13 x 1 inch
This is a rare small work of mine! Created with R&F paint sticks, it expresses the feeling of her sunrise talk in the cherry blossoms in Washington Dc.
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Did you know that it is Women's History Month? I would like to celebrate my hero , Alice Paul. She lead the Suffrage Movement and wrote the ERA. Go Alice!
#suburbantroublemaker #protest #dctrending1
#women #history #alicepaul #historylover

Sometimes I like painting women and tigers!
Interested in learning more about this piece or purchasing?
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A look at my studio and my current painting today! Still working on it!
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"Suffragist and Zombies," encaustic, 60"x60"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton once said, " The best protection a woman can have...is courage,
This painting depicts "The Night of Terror" at the Occoquan Prison on November 15, 1917.

"Sandy Hook," 60” x 60,” Encaustic , 2019
I painted this work to remember the victims at Sandy Hook elementary school.
Sadly, today I honor the victims at t Old Dominion University in Norfolk, where one student died, two were injured and many other traumatized.

"Know your Power" or "Nancy Pelosi," encaustic mixed media with lights. Let's celebrate women and women's history month today!
#mixedmedia #nancypelosi #power #celebratewomen #knowyourpower #virginiaartist #workhouseartscenter #suburbantroublemaker #protest #dctrending1

Did you know that it is Women's History Month? I would like to celebrate my hero , Alice Paul. She lead the Suffrage Movement and wrote the ERA. Go Alice!
#suburbantroublemaker #protest #dctrending1
#women #history #alicepaul #historylover

"Suffragist and Zombies," encaustic, 60"x60"
This painting depicts "The Night of Terror" at the Occoquan Prison on November 15, 1917.
Happy Women's History Month!

Happy International Women's Day!
I am celebrating with my painting "Malala and Maria." Here is a detail of Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize laureate, human rights advocate and Pakistani activist. Thank you, Malala, for advocating for girls and women.

"Lucy Burns," 30" x 44", encaustic with scrub brushes, eyeballs ,buttons and crystals
I am packing up this work , as it will be part of a show called "Democracy: United We Stand" at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish art, March 20 until July 31, 2026

On August 12, 2017, a group of right-wing protestors gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia, to oppose the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee.
The painting depicts the moment in the rally when a neo-Nazi activist drove his car into a crowd, killing counter-demonstrator Heather Heyer.

WOMEN’S MARCH,Encaustic with crystals
On January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, between three and five million people joined the Women’s March protests across the United States.
This painting depicts several of the speakers at the Washington March.

"Border Crisis,"60″x 60″, Encaustic with Swarovski crystals, plexiglass, paper, and LEDs on birchwood panels, 2019
I painted this in 2019. Sadly, it looks like we will be seeing the same treatment or worse of people this year.
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"Ida B Wells," 60" x60"
Ida B Wells said, "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, and it does seem to me that notwithstanding all these social agencies and activities there is not that vigilance which should be exercised in the preservation of our rights."
It's currently Black History Month.

"Me too," 60"x60," encaustic with crystals,
This painting is a tribute to those women who help other women, and who can also, unfortunately say, "Me Too."
Release the Epstein Files.

"Snow," 8" x 12", encaustic on cradled panel
We are having a lot of snow for my state.
How about you? Are you experiencing a blizzard? How many inches of snow?
See more of my work here....https://www.gallerydz.com
#instasnow #alotofsnow #snowy

Today is World Day of Social Justice!
To celebrate, here is a look at my studio and my painting "Kamala Harris”
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"The Fall of Roe V Wade," encaustic with yarn and LEDs, 30" x 44"
Please come see my show "WTF America."
https://www.gallerydz.com/2026/01/02/wtf-america/
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#workhouseartscenter #suburbantroublemaker #protest #dctrending1
#dctrending1 #dcarts #cultureandart

“Roe v. Wade,” Encaustic with paper , flowers and crystals on birch wood panels, 2022
On this day in 2017, Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff "Jane Roe" in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, died.
This painting honors her and those fighting for this admendment.
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In a past show of mine about Climate Change, I include a quote by Greta Thurnberg who says “Our house is on Fire.”
Climate Change is real.
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