The Voice

I made this for my younger sister, Ronda, in 2014, when she was 12; it was one of my first forays into the world of mixed media. I love this poem by Shel Silverstein. It was created with scrapbook paper, modeling paste colored with acrylic paint through stencils, & ink sprays on a 12x12 canvas.

For the silhouette I cut out a model in a lipstick ad, painted it black, and wrote over it with a white gel pen. It's now hanging up on her wall in Maine. :)

The Voice

There is a voice inside of you
that whispers all day long,
'I feel that this is right for me,
I know that this is wrong.'
No teacher, preacher, parent, friend
or wise man can decide
what's right for you - just listen to
the voice that speaks inside.

-Shel Silverstein