Cam (Chloé A.M.) Beltran
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Suspended Belief
Pain
Pain, a four letter word too soft to carry the weight each step brings.
24 x 24 in. Oil on Canvas
Stigma Conversations
Judging mental illness creates hissing clouds weary of conversations.
10 x 7 in. Charcoal on Paper
Sometimes the moon is too close
Blood lingers in quiet passages. I hear it speaking the same rhythm of waves when eyes of the moon are full.
6 x 10 in. Charcoal on Paper
Early morning monster
Its body is a dark shadow with bright yellowish orange firecracker eyes.
9 x 11 in. Charcoal on Paper
RecovSelf3
Some days I wonder how far I need to let go what I know to become who I am. waterbears sing in my shower.
9 x 11 in. Charcoal on Paper
Post election
We passed by a musician panhandling and she smiled for the first time saying "How courageous it is someone is outside playing on a day like today."
8 x 10 in. Charcoal on Paper
First step without crutches
First step without crutches after 4 months and first surgery.
12 x 18 in. Oil on Canvas
How to get up again
When you find yourself on the ground, how do you get up again?
30 x 40 in. Oil on Paper
Lake
Lulling monsters to sleep, skid across frozen waves.
20 x 18 in. Oil on Panel
Forget pain, forget yourself
The more I walk the less I remember the plate in my foot.
8 x 14 in. Charcoal on Paper
One step at a time
18 x 24 in. Oil on Panel
First reveal
Five screws, three incisions, two weeks, and one plate later, my foot is revealed with laced stitches.
30 x 40 in. Oil on Paper
Attempt to dance standing again
64 x 86 in. Mixed media (Charcoal, Acrylic, Spray paint) on un-stretched Canvas
Andy
I try to listen past the porcupine quills of chronic pain.
24 x 24 in. Oil on Canvas
Andy antlers
Muscles wrap themselves into clutching antlers, holding movements captive and spitting laughter into chokes.
30 x 40 in. Charcoal on Paper
Past reemergence
112 x 136 in. Oil and Charcoal on un-stretched Canvas
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