Ophira Art, New Orleans, LA (2026)

02/15/2026

Happy day after Valentine’s Day, things have been nice lately

07/06/2025

“Wildflowers” - 36” by 48” acrylic on canvas

A completed commission by me for Sarah Pettigrew Todd

02/24/2025

My Co-Star said I needed to share a poem today so that’s pretty much the only reason I’m doing it✌🏼Them’s the rules folks

12/01/2024

A little excerpt on something adjacent to love.

I’ve really been struggling this year on returning to creativity. As someone that has always tried to make lemonade out of lemons when it comes to pulling good art from pain, I thought that the events of 2023 would have had me creating more than ever. I often find myself paralyzed instead, feeling like I am unable to turn loose ideas into pieces or poetry beyond vague concepts.

Sometimes I wonder if the most brilliant and creative parts of me died when I got sick. I still feel like an artist, but I don’t really know what that means to me right now.

The last couple months I’ve been trying to exercise the muscles that my art comes from, but I still usually feel dissatisfied with the results of putting paint on canvas or words or paper. I know that’s common with all creatives (being our own worst critic or something like that).

There are so many older projects I’d love to finally return to and complete, pieces that I love and really believe have great potential, and I will still try to finish what I can, but I have a feeling that an artistic shift is probably coming. I don’t know exactly what that means yet, or what it will look like within my future works - and who knows, maybe I’ll wake up tomorrow and feel like I am back to normal and can pick up exactly where I left off - but I thought I’d share a tiny bit about where I’ve been emotionally.

Anyway, I love you. I’m grateful we’re allowed to start over as many times as we need to get where we’re supposed to go.

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New Orleans, LA

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http://ophiraodem.com/

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