Paint dry. Signatures done. Hardware on. Five new pieces have been delivered and are now on display for The Azadi Exhibition at Sedona, Arizona’s Rumi Tree Art Gallery.

This was an inspired – and fast – turnaround. I’m just now surfacing from the creative process (which often feels like a spirit driven, caffeine-fueled alternate universe…) and wanted to share this update with you.

About five weeks before the exhibit opening date, gallery owner and fellow artist Sahar Paydar felt moved to make the theme of the show about Azadi, which translates to liberty in her native Persian language – and so, The Azadi Exhibition was born. Featuring four women artists and focusing on Art, Women and Liberty, I was all in. It meant switching creative gears in a short period of time, but I loved, loved, loved the concept and realized it was a perfect opportunity to begin a series of portraits that had been on my never-ending list of ideas for quite a while already.

I conjured up and completed three strong women for the exhibit (more are waiting in my wings), and I’ve called them I Am Freedom, I Am Grace and I Am Wisdom. Painted in oil, they represent empowering qualities that I believe all women inherently possess; qualities I feel should be embraced, honored, and unabashedly lived.

In addition to the portraits, I included two of my joy-activated acrylic pieces in the show: Joie, and The Grove.

These five new original paintings (shown below) are available for purchase at Rumi Tree Art Gallery; email rumitreeartgallery@gmail.com or call 928-862-4221. (You can contact me with questions as well.)

Clockwise from top left: I Am Freedom, I Am Grace, I Am Wisdom, all three.
Each piece is 20 x 20 x 1.5″, oil on canvas.

On left: Joie, 10 x 20 x 1.5″, acrylic on canvas.
On right: The Grove, 10 x 20 x 1.5″, acrylic on canvas.

More original works are available through patriciasaxton.com, where (as you may already know) I also offer giclee prints of select pieces.

Enjoy the holiday season! Warmest wishes to you and may love abound.
~ Patricia