“Bloodline” | Painting My Grief: The Story & The Process
This is the first coat.
Face detail on the second coat.
Flower Detail
Bloody Hand Detail
Upper body, flower, and bloody hand detail on the second coat.
Detail of bee, honeycomb, and orchids.
“Bloodline”
Oil and charcoal infused oil on Wood
20×30
“HELP FEED BEACON” ART SHOW, BAU Gallery
Help Feed Beacon
ART SHOW at BAU GalleryOpen Sat-Sun 12-6pm until Aug 2nd
View local hudson valley art and donate to the Beacon Food Bank. All artwork is for sale. I have two pieces up from my Bella Monnezza series. If purchased, I will personally donate 20% of the sale to the Beacon Food Bank. Please help support our local community.
Video + Written Poetry | Illustrating “A Bloody, Beautiful Blooming”
paradise on fire
bleeding hearts
for the wounds that cling
violent contractions
the blood that shifts paradigms
womb to world
struggling to breath
then we arrive
we voice our first cry
hearts open
hearts bleeding
hearts needing
the mother
traumas
travel through
to the next generation
until we welcome the revelations
the revolutionary path
begins within
reactionary
arrested
listen
for the blessed
hearts bleed in solidarity
transforming collectively
voicing our cries
with intelligent eyes
ending ancestral rhythms
unlearning the old conditions
reckoning the longing for the safety of the womb
every heartbeat
an act of love
bloody
breathless
until we cry
on the other side
~by Meghan Spiro
The womb
where we ruminate
ancestral aches wake
Sit in the silence
Cry to the violence
Darkness consuming
Renew
To the blood
That soaks these sheets
To the hateful hands
To the mothers who birth new
Tip the scales
The scales…
inescapable
Unbreakable
prisms
cast projections
in all expressions
Horrifying
inspiring
Evolutionary spirals churning
One blood
One soul
One love
~by Meghan Spiro
Amongst the tangled roots
Every cycle, a prayer to release a knot
Karma
~by Meghan Spiro
“Year of the Rat” Medicine Necklace | Honoring Our Changing Times
Rat Skull, Turquoise, Antique Silver from Nepal
Twelve years ago today (also the Year of the Rat), I was burglarized and lost my entire office and all my clients, after two years of business. To top it all off, I also realized my abusive husband at the time plunged us into $34k in credit card debit. No minimum or modest wage job could get me out of that situation. My pride was my job and my “appeared” wealth, but in a moment, I was humbled and everything seemed lost. It would be a fight to pay off the debit, to buy the equipment, and to get my business back. And you know what, I did a year later, but I made some sacrifices that still follow my reputation today… hmmm today… I have no work, except home schooling my daughter. I don’t know how bills will be paid, or if I have enough food or toilet paper, but my pride is not in my things or my job or my persona as an artist or writer. I surrender to love. I surrender to doing the next kind act. I surrender to generosity… to listening to Mother Nature’s cry for help… to conservation and clean-up… to only focusing on this moment. The universe will provide only what I need, and all we need is less out there, and more inside, and in our time that we are limited to the outside, stay in, and go deeper. Stay in and re-evaluate if you’re decisions or thoughts are focused on love or fear. The news will shackle you in fear, but your spirit will always point you back to love – stay there. We are birthing a new human existence where this practice is essential, where Mother Nature and the collective bare more weight on decisions than self needs and greed. It’s the year of the warrior, the time to align your values & fight – with every choice, every thought, every intention.
The necklace. I was gifted this rat skull while buying frames for my art show. I didn’t know what to do with it, but then, this year arrived, The Year of the Rat. I knew I had to embody a warrior spirit to guide me beyond tough times back to a life of abundance, so I honored this year by making this necklace. It’s a reminder of resiliency. We will get thru this.
Opening Reception RoCA | Three Exhibitions, One Art Center
Three Shows, One Art Center
I was so lucky to share this space with so many talented artists, including Russ Ritell (Perspectives exhibit) and Zackary Skinner (solo show). My selected work, “The Unkept, The Unmet, The Dreams Memorized and Not Mine” (16×24, Dye Sublimation Metal Print) is in the exhibit “YOU ARE HERE” at RoCA, running March 8th-April 19th.
“A juried exhibition on cultural and autobiographical stories reflecting the issues and individual expressions of every day life.”
Check out this amazing and diverse group of art!
Rockland Center for the Arts
27 South Greenbush Road
West Nyack, New York
