Art By Raealize

handmade

  • The High Priestess

    My friend Bethany Jones is an amazing tarot reader – there have been a few crucial points during my time knowing her when her readings have helped me find clarity and peace – whether you believe that tarot is clairvoyant or just that it helps you look at whatever your situation from a new perspective. Read more

  • Girl in Shadows

    Wow, I’m so glad I decided to keep going with this piece! And I am so excited to start playing with shadow and depth going forward. The paper I used for the shadows – the gold horses on black – is one I got a while ago and have been waiting for the right moment Read more

  • Girl in Green

    Young Girl in Green has been one of my favorite paintings ever since I ended up with a fold-out poster of her from some French magazine when I was 11. A few years ago, my brother got me a 1000-piece puzzle of her that I spent the entire Sandy hurricane putting together. And recently I Read more

  • The Triptych

    Two things: 1) There’s that phenomenon whereby as soon as you learn a word you start hearing it everywhere. Well, the same day that I learned what a triptych was during my visit to the Cloisters, where there are many, I was asked to make a triptych of girls with guns 2) My friend was Read more

  • Ballerina Trio

    I love ballet, and watching stories come alive through beautiful movement. Also the incredible shapes the dancers make, and what they’re capable of doing – it looks unreal, especially when they’re paper cut-outs instead of photographs. To me, totally mesmerizing. Read more

  • Piece of my Heart Project

    I’ve been discovering the power art has to help process change. This project was about people with whom I went through a lot, and didn’t come out the other side, but who are still in my heart. I wanted to be able to let the heaviness of those past relationships go, and refocus my memories Read more

  • ARTemis

    My brother probably asked me for a portrait of his dog, Artemis, like a year ago, or even longer, and I just got it to him last week. It was an interesting project because dogs don’t wear clothes or have hair (or really they don’t have skin), and typically that’s what I use to differentiate Read more

  • Girl with the Red Flower Earring

    This woman was made up so dramatically and severely, especially her hair, which was so different from the free-flowing curls I gravitate towards, but it was fun to try to capture. Also, in this case her lipstick seemed like an accessory, so I decided to reflect that. One challenge I ran into was her nose Read more

  • The Monochromes

    I’m not sure if you’re allowed to have your favorite color be gold, but if you are, mine is. In tribute, and because I realized that over the years I’ve collected quite a few papers in the gold family, and potentially also because it won’t stop being cloudy here which makes everything kind of muted Read more

  • Friends in Blue

    This piece was modeled after a photo taken on the day that two best friends met for the first time. One of the friends asked me to make this piece as a birthday present for the other in commemoration of that day and the lovely friendship that has grown from it. Read more