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Joy Patrice O'Brien

Melancholia

February 2018

Collage, acrylics, oil pastels
9” x 10” | matted, Vintage frame

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Photos by Louis Nguyen.

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All energy is created in darkness

Mixed media on canvas, framed in gold float frame.
30” x 40”

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50 🎉

I have to be honest, I dreaded this birthday for the longest time. But here it is and I actually feel really good about it, finally. I’m just grateful for this life. Today was the perfect day. Had coffee with my dad. Got so many thoughtf

Happy 5th Birthday to my Siamese soul animal, Teddy Bear. Ted is a Covid cat and came to us at just the right time. She is one of the greatest loves of my life and I’m not sure I could’ve gotten here without her 🩷🙏

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“You think the world is something, then it turns out to be something else”

-Gloria Burgle, Fargo Season 3

This new compass
8 x 10
Mixed media on canvas
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Just workin shit out, takin up space 🖤

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Winter fire
11” x 14”
Mixed media on canvas

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This one came to me in one of those moments just before you fall asleep. Lately, I feel such a shift in my work. More ease and fun than I’ve had in years. Colors finally feel less intimidating, especially for someone self taught. I never learne

Finished 4 paintings this week and didn’t say one mean thing to myself the whole time 🎉❤️

The second shot just shows the opposite orientation under studio lights.

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11” x 14”
Mixed media on

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