Expressive Recovery

"She believed she could so she did" necklaces (can be keychain as well) and some more hair clips. All for sale. Message me for pricing and availability. Shipping available as well.

Yesterday was my daughter's 7th birthday. Besides it being her birthday, it also marks 7 years since I made the choice to change my life and get sober from opioid and benzo addiction. It took about 6 months until I kicked the habit, but when she was born I made the choice to change so I could be the father I always wanted to be. She may be too young to understand, but she is the real hero that saved my life. Forever grateful 🖤

Testing out a new light box with one of my pendants. All original, handmade one-of-a-kind pendants that cannot be replicated. Contact me for pricing and info.

Need a matching snap pendant necklace to go with those ugly Christmas sweaters? These would be perfect to compliment those ugly sweaters this upcoming holiday season. Order now to get in time for those upcoming Christmas parties 🎄

Snap change purses. Not many of these left. Each purse comes with two interchangeable snaps made from my original acrylic pour paintings. Various snaps to choose from as well. I picked the ones pictured to match the change purse. Contact me for more info.

Yes you are! You Matter 🖤

Various adjustable rings made from my original acrylic paintings. I need to find my display pieces and light box to take my professional pics. My pictures never do justice though and my work always looks better in person. These aged very well. I have about 15 available for purchase. These have always sold well at shows before the pandemic happened. With the upcoming holiday season these would make great stocking stuffers. Let me know if you are interested or in any of my products as well. Comment or message me.

Doing some cleaning and going through some of my stock, I found this. I forgot all about this. It's when a peer reviewed medical journal asked to use one of my smaller paintings as a cover for their journal last year. I had to clean it up a bit. They paid me and sent me a copy of the journal. They also credited me on the inside.

Which one are you? Growth is possible.

Hey ya'll! Been a while. Wanted to post an update. Life for me got busy but improved so much as well. Along with working on my degree I left my job at the high school and started working in my field as a behavioral health technician at a level one psychiatric hospital. The job is pretty intense and helping stabilize people in crisis can be very challenging, but also rewarding as well. However, just over a month in I got injured doing a restraint on two patients fighting and tore my ACL. I got surgery September 2nd and am well into recovering. I still won't be able to return to my position for about 6 months or so.

So about a year ago I was working on an LLC and gathering ideas for an inspirational clothing/product line based on recovery and mental health. Things got busy and stuff got postponed. Now with being off work with the ACL injury, I have a lot of free time to fill.

I'm going to jump back where I left off. This page will get repackaged as well with a focus not just on art but products like t-shirts, hoodies, tumblers, stickers, buttons, mugs, socks etc etc. Oh, my own hand made one-of-a-kind art jewelry and original paintings as well. Some of the paintings will be made into socks, mugs, stickers and various things as well. I have so much down time and keep wondering how to fill it. Well, here I am. I have a busy week ahead with designs and pricing. Need to get a good quality logo as well. Part of all sales will help the homeless and others that struggle with mental health and addiction as well.

Stay tuned for inspirational memes, posts and updates on the progress I make. My store will be revamped as well with a big makeover ahead once product is available. Remember, we do recover and Expressive Recovery is all about taking the negative and making something beautiful out of it. I have found artistic expression is a pathway to emotional freedom. If you or loved is struggling with mental illness or addiction, you are not alone! You can recover like I have and turn your life into something beautiful. We all have purpose and a reason to live. When in doubt, reach out. My messenger is always open and other options for support as well. Keep going!