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Category: Visual Art

emwe_art

My work is exploring symbols and making beautiful & interesting things. Digital art is energy in pixels. Enjoy the work magic🪄Elizabeth

‘Curbing Chat’ Markup on photo of stick. I felt c ‘Curbing Chat’Markup on photo of stick. I felt compelled to photograph this because it expressed a gesture in shape of a figure with two feet inside a single large ballet slipper. The stick was in an awkward spot, stretching up to curb, and reminded me of curbing, the concept, and all the things we try to do “less” of. #phonemarkupart #symbolwork #emwe_art  #artist #curb
‘Oktoberfest Moon | Near Full Fest’ Markup Collage ‘Oktoberfest Moon | Near Full Fest’Markup Collage on photo.#wakefieldoktoberfest #phonemarkupart #emwe_art #moon #rhodeislandartist
‘The scene of the crime’ Markup on photo of pavem ‘The scene of the crime’Markup on photo of pavement, leaves and what looks a little like grey feathers in symmetry. I loved seeing these stripes of green, and I wondered what the grey flurry came from. It first looked to me like remnants of a bird that had been swept away after being unfeathered, but on close inspection, I find it even harder to explain.#bikepath #leaves #rhodeislandartist
Shallow | Ground | Clowning Markup on photo of ro Shallow | Ground | ClowningMarkup on photo of rock by EM Matteson#artist #fishpicture #naturephotography #artoftheday
“Stolen 8” Phone Markup on photo of tree bark tak “Stolen 8”Phone Markup on photo of tree bark taken in Kingston today. I didn’t realize until after the figure emerged that it references an artist I knew in the same physical location 30 years ago. The place brought the energy of this to the fore and my fingers drew on the image until my eyes felt it was complete.#uri #treebark #figure #artist @curtlarson_ooey_gooey
#FindingGone #SmallTown #FindingGone #SmallTown
‘Sidewalk horses brought to water’ Markup art by E ‘Sidewalk horses brought to water’Markup art by EM Matteson, October 2026This is a markup drawing on photo of sidewalk in my neighborhood. The textures were so dense and beautiful, I stopped to photograph this block of grays, taupes, rust and cement. It’s beautiful as is, and more images, color, and symbols emerged over time.#textures #sidewalk #emwe_art #symbols
It really is. #seeing #art #vision #play #gratit It really is. #seeing #art #vision #play #gratitude
Dawn Markup on photo of asphalt and sidewall. #ar Dawn Markup on photo of asphalt and sidewall. #art #pavement #contemporaryart
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Screen shot of search, Artist Elizabeth Matteson
Mommess

Serendipity of searching for self

And finding an artist who hid her entire life by searching. This piece is coming from someone who has experimented and had success in SEO for 25+ years,…

October 23, 2026October 23, 2026 · 3 min read

abstract art looks like large orange sun over blurry background by Elizabeth
Creativity

Creative Process: how accidents can become art

Bringing the unintentional into light by making art of findings. I enjoy altering standard practices in essay writing, so be warned if you find yourself frustrated while following…

July 17, 2026July 17, 2026 · 2 min read

plastic flamingo, female cardinal mom
For My Kids

pink. and red birds

Also: needling noses, feeling for others, juxtapositions of color, spiritual practice, and shielding nature from unwanted gazes. I just heard an excellent spiritual practice is sitting outside for…

June 28, 2026June 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Markup on photo by EM Matteson
Culture

The Pieces You See

Yesterday, the world lost an amazing painter, David Hockney. He passed away at the age of 88. Has there ever been a painting, an illustration, or even a…

June 12, 2026June 13, 2026 · 3 min read

Nuns. Abstract art by EM Matteson
Creativity

What I know about social storytelling online

Besides writing an actual story, you know, like a book or play, there are other ways you can tell rich stories using platforms built for social media. And…

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 · 4 min read

abstract art of figure and face
Mommess

covering: artist’s statement

I cover nature. Daily drawings are digital finger painting atop photos, and include collage-symbols made from other moments in time. These personal symbols are stored as images in…

April 16, 2026July 31, 2026 · 3 min read

Birdie, markup art on photo by EMM Matteson
Mommess

Hope in coping mechanisms

Today is Easter Sunday, and I’m sitting at dining table, laptop nestled among mountains of near-folded clothes, purple and white towels, and underwear. I’m also sneaking in some…

April 6, 2026June 21, 2026 · 5 min read

his Band Goes Time Markup on photo of broken stump by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson South Kingstown, RI
Mommess

Flip the bird like an artist

I love birds, including this one. Lately, I’ve been finding myself (and several of my friends) angry about how the world has been working. For us as individuals,…

March 3, 2026March 3, 2026 · 3 min read

"Beachy K" Abstract Digital Markup Art by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Mommess

When you don’t have words…

say it another way. Sometimes forming essays that contain a beginning, middle, and end feels incredibly limiting, and not on target with what I’m working on… or through…

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 · 1 min read

"Connecticut" Abstract Art by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Creativity

A Visual Peace: Art as Alchemy

Creative work is alchemy. It is an honest process, that sometimes culminates something that can touch the honest places in other people too. Art, music, poetry, and stories…

January 2, 2026January 3, 2026 · 5 min read

David Bowie in SymbolWork format by artist Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
History

Why try bird’s eye?

On the art & science of mapping, and our physical positioning in relationship to the places we depict. Maps may have come about, in part, to verify that…

December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 · 5 min read

Visual Art

Most Recent Visual Art

I make visual art on Instagram when prose just can’t hold the message.

December 9, 2025December 10, 2025 · 1 min read

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