Self Portrait in the Waves, Singleton Hippie Art

Self Portrait
in the Waves
(c) Singleton















Tumbling
face first,
knees scraping,
drowning in ice cold foam,
green beer bottles
everywhere...

and then the Sun...
Upside down
and warm,
just a little deeper...
past the cold acqua skies...

and it's raining somewhere,
I'm drenched....

Floating....
to the bottom....
ribbons of fluorescent seawood
tangling in my hair,
spaghetti soft...and dancing...

Until
my chin scrapes the sand...
and blue toes scrunch into
the soggy face of a drunken sunset
and push...

Up, up, up...

"Don't breathe until you hear the waves"....

A psychedelic memory on 9 x 12 cold press watercolor paper....I've almost drowned a gazillion times....in water, love, Michelob lights, Friday nights, debt, the dark dark places of my mind...and everytime, on Angel's wings....I've pushed off from the bottom...
Clink! To now, and next time, and the ageless reflection of the hippie at the bottom....dancing until it's time to come up for air...

A Little Peace and Love, Singleton Hippie Art

A Little Peace and Love
(c) Singleton 2008

I found some dusty old
sidewalk chalk
in a zip lock bag,
buried under photos,
and yellowed
pages of
poetry
written from the rooftop
of another life...
and there was magic in that bag....

Technicolor remembrances
of
when we believed....
Pastel memories...

And so
I tell the story again...
in different colors...
but the ending is
always the same...

"Peace~love"

Funky little hippie art cards available now for keeping or for being pixies for peace and love

I don't want, Singleton 2007, outsider art

I Don't Want

(c) Singleton 2007

SOLD

Your memories tied

up in

stack-me-up shrines

and

famous first lines,

the world's greatest love story

never told

taboo

and shame on you....

I just want peace

and a place to rest

my legs

my arms

my silly stories

my cowboy boots

on New Years.....

Orange Crush, (c) Singleton 2007, Outsider Art

ORANGE CRUSH
(c) Singleton 2007
Colored markers, ink, cardstock, tissue,glitter and all that hoo-hah on Sunday morning canvas

In Blue Mascara, Singleton 2007 Outsider Hippie Art

In Blue Mascara
(c) Singleton 2007

"I'll be mad"
I said.
And I'm sorry.

I don't want to rememeber your
flitting, flirting, buy-one-free-get-one-free
eyes that way,
swiping me with
stolen blinks.
Your lips
scrunching
in a knot,
thinking,
your smile,
pink kool-aid just below
your nose,
betwitched.

But I'm mad now,
and

I'm wearing
blue mascara....

CHEERS, Hippie Art, Singleton

I Can't Talk Now... We are Dancing in the Kitchen!
CHEERS!
Outsider Art by Singleton




Hot Pink sateen Clutch Purse sequined in beercaps. Beercaps, Marker, Pen & Paint

YES, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

YES
Outsider Hippie Art
(c) Singleton 2006



"What did you say?"
Yes.
"Say it again"
Yes.
"Are you whispering now?"
Yes

I'm so thirsty....



Colored markers, pencils, ink and all that hoo-hah on cardstock

Tightrope, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

TIGHTROPE
Outsider Woman Hippie Art
(c) Singleton 2006



Stupid little soap opera.....

You're watching.
Checking to see if I can find the balance,
the rhythm...

bird on a wire....

And I might teeter,
wobble,
but I won't look down.

Peace is waiting.
And I'm going there.

Markers, ink, pencils and all that other hoo-hah. The earrings are just for balance.

Window, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

WINDOW
Outsider Hippie Art
(c) Singleton 2006




I found a
window.
Opaque, but open.
And I'm leaving.

The trash goes out on Tuesday.


pencils, markers, ink, all that hoo-ha

The King of Dread, Singleton, Outsider Art

The Humpty Dumpty
Outsider Art
(c) Singleton 2006

All dressed up and on top of the world! King of it all! And then, out of nowhere, Chaos is zooming in, threatening to crack my fragile little self. Arrrrrgggghhhhhh! I'll just stand here and be very very still and "pretend" I'm having peace.... Are we having fun yet?


8 1/2 by 11 on cardstock
Markers, colored pencils and pen

SOLD

Fly Catcher, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

FLY CATCHER
Outsider Artwork
(c) Singleton 2006

SOLD

We know who you are
and saw what you did

This isn't some cheap little B rated movie, where you can parade in and out, littering the floors with obscene little motives and leaving your dirty fingerprints across my heart.

I am the fly catcher
And I'll catch you
when I can

Don't Look Down, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

(c) Singleton 2006
Outsider Art

DON'T LOOK DOWN
Rock bottom is much further than you think

SOLD

I'll masquerade around, arms tied, pretending to float.
Sinking
Kicking
grappling at the rusty little treasures...
waterlogged moths, barely breathing....

All dressed up and no place to go
Except tomorrow.
Or down.

The Wedding Box, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

Wedding Box
Outsider Hippie Keepsake Box
(C) Singleton 2006


Pretty little flowers scattered all around,
I tuck my memories here for safeness
then
count to ten and...

it's an ever-empty little box
contents on the floor

And I see you...
watching me...
(As if I care)

I kick the petals to the side
dancing in the dust
and post my keep-out sign
like dirty laundry on the line

The wedding box.
And all that other hoo-ha

All that stuff I use... in and on The Wedding Box

Peacekeeper, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

PEACEKEEPER
Outsider Hippie Art
(c) Singleton 2006

SOLD

I've changed the locks
I hope you understand
I'll miss your eyes
the see-through color of thin waves
kissing sandbars
and the way you threw your head back
to laugh
chugging the good down

But you let the flies in

I hope you understand


From the never-ending stack of 8 1/2 by 11 cardstock...Colored pencils, markers, pen

Catching Marbles in the Rain, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

Catching Marbles in The Rain
Outsider Art
(c) Singleton 2006


SOLD


In the early morning, sleepless,
"wandering the halls til almost dawn"
hours
I gave up and
trapsed outside
head banging
coughing
from a too late night
and
found her there
dancing in the knee high grass,
catching marbles in the rain.

Cinderella, Singleton

Cinderella © 2006, Singleton

Did you really think you could walk in Glass Slippers?

With your dirty little feet?

Happy Halloween...
Get swept away...
Jump in the Pumpkin & Run!










SOLD
Framed & Matted, 10" x 10"



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BAREFOOT WITCH, Singleton

Barefoot Witch
Outsider Art
(c)2006,
Singleton

Matted & Framed
10" x 10"

To Be Listed Soon

Rumors, Singleton 2006, Outsider hippie Art

RUMORS
(c) Singleton 2006
Self Portrait from the Bar
Unfinished

Sold

We all have good intentions,
we start out meaning well...
naughty little demons,
broken charms around my neck
And it's the morning after,
in the face that faces me,
that reminds me that I'm haunted...

Ink, markers, pencils, bottlecaps, Michelob label, acrylics, scribblings on canvas; sealed
Unfinished, but over, done, movin'on because at night, while she rested, and i wandered the house, her face changed, her eyes and her hair were afire and I didn't want her(me) watching me(her) anymore. i kept waking up and adding words...."Keep out, Who are you? I just want peace. Go Away! " And she just kept looking at me...until I threw her in the back of the car and drove her to Georgia, face covered, and left her in the safe arms of Paiger.

Fairyteller, Singleton 2006, Outsider Art

FAIRYTELLER
Outsider Hippie Art
(c) Singleton 2006

Don't think that for one moment
I believe
your stupid little ghost stories.
I'm just listening...
choosing to inhale...
to take the sepia remnants of your
bruised and battered
aura
and remember the afterglow

Peek-a-boo, Singleton

Peek-a-Boo
Outsider Hippie Art
(c) Singleton 2006

Oh, he's there.
Peeking through borrowed eyes,
listening to second hand stories,
Parading around in a paper bag mask
living the perfect life

Watching
And waiting

pen and colored markers on another one of Curt's Coffee Table Envelopes