v e s s e l

an artistic quarantine experience

by shaneen tyrese

vessel a composition of silent soliloquies

this book is comprised of artistic works, created during the covid-19 quarantine, 2020

by shaneen tyrese

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for God.

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the water took back its portion from me i soaked the sadness away and washed the madness away my salt evaporated

floated back into the sea my skin became pale poured out emptied wrinkled my God, pour back into me i am ready

for the new .quench from poetry book gethsemane

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members 1-2.

introduction

31-32. ergonomic/refractory

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alpha/omega

33-34. primitive/craniosacral

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inception/bone

35-36. docility/forlorn

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conception/mass

37-38. genderly/identity

9-10. soul/spirit

39-40. transfiguration

11-12. skin/cell

41-42. pause

13-14. imagination/coherence

43-44. tempest/temptation

15-16. sensory/stimuli

45-46. autist/ambient

17-18. lacuna/lobotomy

47-48. pariah/prodigal

19-20. tickle fight

49-50. barren/loath

21-22. nostalgia/antagony

51-52. purge/chasten

23-24. kineticist/choleric

53-54. deliverance

25-26. toby/challis

55-56. carcass/travail

27-28. vessel/ipseity

57-58. calibration

29-30. capillary/atrium

59-60. confusion/diffusion

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61-62.

blood/water

91-92.

pause

63-64.

a thought/a feeling

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lasso/shatter

65-66.

reckless abandon

95-96.

hairline/pubs

67-68.

morning/mourning

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defragmentation

69-70.

synthesis/a prayer

99-100.

laceration/contusion

71-72.

velocities/irrigation

101-102. abrasion/burger

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pillaring/edifice

103-104. teriyaki/apparition

75-76.

gentleman/ladylike

105-106

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transcend/befriend

107-108. perilymph/labyrinth

79-80.

barbarity/inhumane

109-110. satire/mustache

81-82.

latrine/vanity

111-112. mino/lucidity

83-84.

speculum/iniquity

113-114. lux/lax

85-86.

incision/gore

115-116. empyrosis

87-88.

concave

117-118. libation/cavity

89-90.

kiss me by morning

119-120. le parfuma/the alter

tango by the campfire/thigh highs

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members

continued

121-122. bayith/châlaph

151-152. leaps of faith

123-124. obscure/peppermint

153-154. vestibule/traverse

125-126. celestial

155-156. salvation

127-128

157-158. insolence/eminence

empress

129-130. frankincense and myrrh

159-160. concussion/communion

131-132. resplendency

161-162. perch/sepulcher

133-134. introspective/retrospective

163-164. insignia

135-136. augmentation/luminescence

165-166. inflorescence

137-138. power/glory

167-168. convergence/distinction

139-140. ethereal

169-170. entangle/triangle

141-142. pause

171-172. system of variances/rules of ataxia

143-144. parenthesis/paralysis

173-174. womb/cave

145-146. crown of thorns/ black mass

175-176. vulnerability/weft

147-148. de profundis/despondency

177-178 lilith/moth

149-150. bedlam/manna

179-180 miasmic/omni

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181-182. divergence/kauri

211-212. vanilla chai/shot of espresso

183-184. lath/balsa

213-214. brie/parmesan

185-186. boudoir/dinner by candlelight

215-216. hazelnut/mocha

187-188. conniption/resonance

217-218. iced coffee/cracked balaka

189-190. 6020

219-220. genocide/quarantine

191-192. 2020/4020

223-230. members: context and descriptions

193-194. pause 195-196. pendulum 197-198. playful banter 199-200. taffeta and taffey/alluvium 201-202. chrysalis/meta 203-204. pause 205-206. dark chocolate 207-208. coconut milk 209-210. veronese sippin bardolino/hazelnut

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introduction feel. the essence of mental, emotional and spiritual reverberations that travel through the cosmos into the bone. the causation of love and passion and purpose and pain and stress and anger and confusion and all those other words that cause us to acknowledge somethings existence, relevance and importance. from seconds to days to years, we surmise our lives by these moments. the ones when we laughed so loud, when we cried so hard, when we prayed for so long, when we held on to something worth fighting for...and that is what we remember, that is what we die to live for. feel. a brilliance of breaking, of colliding, of combining celestial elements into these piles of dirt we call bodies. its breathtaking, its breath giving, of wonder and awe, this constant exchange between heaven and earth, from soul into body, from faith to manifestation, between God and man, between your heart and mind, and between you and me.

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feel. vessels of star dust, we are, temporal beings, made of clay, filled with agony and glory. leaving fingerprints on an earth that spins 1000 miles per hour, around a ball of fire in a galaxy that contains itself through a supernatural contract that was signed between God and His creation before time was even created. and so here you are, on this day, at this hour, at this time, reading a bunch of my mumbo jumbo badly written sentences, as an introduction into my human experience. and for that, i thank you. welcome in, to an anthology of eclectic and collaged imagery expressing my emotions, experiences and revelations expressed through inspirational and experimental art works. welcome in, to feel me, by touching my spirit.

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eyes shed rivers flowing from my soul ive shed layers surrendered in a baptism of prose .the poet of lamentations from poetry book gethsemane

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a seed that grows in the depths of darkness will feed on the water that recedes...and breathe a love that cracks the ground of winter has strength in its roots to do so because it believed

immoralizing my thoughts:

as i fall and crack my head open .an annual blossom from poetry book gethsemane

onto the page

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gifts imparted past brick chapel and stain glass steeple but knit in creation by thread and by needle in the jars of clay which hold the heart of God who are the sheep of his people

.earthen vessels from poetry book gethsemane

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i had no one to catch my tears so i gathered them into oceans named them to remind me

that i did not drown and to teach others how to swim

.soap and water from poetry book gethsemane

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the clouds are full and God will reign

.elements from poetry book gethsemane

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members pg. title description 3.

vessel

alpha

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

4.

omega

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

5.

inception

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

6.

bone

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

7.

conception

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

8.

mass

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

9.

soul

guoache and ink on watercolor board 6x9in

10.

spirit

guoache and ink on watercolor board 6x9in

11.

skin

guoache and ink on watercolor board 6x9in

12.

cell

guoache and ink on watercolor board 6x9in

13.

imagination

guoache and ink on watercolor board 6x9in

14.

coherence

guoache and ink on watercolor board 6x9in

15.

sensory

guoache and ink on watercolor board 9x12in

16.

stimuli

guoache and ink on watercolor board 9x12in

17.

lacuna

guoache and ink on watercolor board 9x12in

18.

lobotomy

19.

tickle fight

guoache and ink on watercolor board 6x9in

20.

tickle fight

guoache and ink on watercolor board 9x12in

21.

nostalgia

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

22.

antagony

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

23.

kineticist

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

24.

choleric

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

25.

toby

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

26.

challis

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

27.

vessel

guoache and ink on watercolor board 9x12in

28.

ipseity

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

29.

capillary

guoache on watercolor board 18x24in

30.

atrium

guoache and ink on watercolor board 18x24in

guoache and ink on watercolor board 9x12in

pg. title description 31.

ergonomic

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

32.

refractory

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

33.

primitive

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

34.

craniosacral

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

35.

docility

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

36.

forlorn

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

37.

genderly

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

38.

identity

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

39.

transfiguration

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

40.

transfiguration

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

41.

pause

blank page/ digital color

42.

pause

poem

43.

tempest

guoache on watercolor paper 18x24in

44.

temptation

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

45.

autist

guoache on watercolor paper 18x24in

46.

ambient

guoache on watercolor paper 5x6in

47.

pariah

guoache on watercolor paper 5x6in

48.

prodigal

guoache on watercolor paper 18x24in

49.

barren

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

50.

loath

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

51.

purge

guoache and acrylic on watercolor board 9x12in

52.

chasten

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

53.

deliverance

guoache on watercolor paper 5x6in

54.

deliverance

blank page/ digital color

55.

carcass

guoache on watercolor paper 18x24in

56.

travail

guoache and ink on watercolor board 6x9in

57.

calibration

blank page/ digital color

58.

calibration

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in members

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pg. title description

vessel

59.

confusion

watercolor and guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

60.

diffusion

watercolor and guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

61.

blood

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

62.

water

ink and acrylic on watercolor paper, digitalized 8.5x11in

63.

a thought

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

64.

a feeling

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

65.

reckless abandon

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

66.

reckless abandon

blank page/ digital color

67.

morning

acrylic on canvas 11x14in

68.

mourning

acrylic on canvas 11x14in

69.

synthesis

guoache on canvas 9x12in

70.

a prayer

acrylic on canvas 9x12in

71.

velocities

acrylic on canvas 9x12in

72.

irrigation

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

73.

pillaring

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

74.

edifice

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

75.

gentleman

76.

ladylike

guoache on canvas 16x20in guoache on canvas 16x20in

77.

transcend

acrylic on canvas 24x20in

78.

befriend

acrylic on canvas 24x20in

79.

barbarity

acrylic on canvas 24x20in

80.

inhumane

acrylic on canvas 24x20in

81.

latrine

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

82.

vanity

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

83.

speculum

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

84.

iniquity

guoache on canvas 16x20in

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incision

acrylic on canvas 8x10in

86.

gore

plaster and acrylic on canvas 24x20in

pg. title description 87.

concave

acrylic on watercolor board 9x12in

88.

concave

acrylic on watercolor board 9x12in

kiss me by morning

blank page/ digital color

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90.

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92.

kiss me by morning

acrylic on watercolor board 9x12in

pause

blank page/ digital color

pause

poem

93.

lasso

acrylic on canvas 11x14in

94.

shatter

acrylic on canvas 11x14in

95.

hairline

multimedia; string and acrylic on canvas 11x14in

96.

pubs

multimedia; string and acrylic on canvas 11x14in

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deframentation

multimedia; string and acrylic on canvas 11x14in

98.

defragmentation

multimedia; string and acrylic on canvas 11x14in

99.

laceration

acrylic on canvas 8x10in

100.

contusion

multimedia; plaster and acrylic on canvas 24x20in

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abrasion

multimedia; plaster and acrylic on canvas 16x20in

102.

burger

multimedia; plaster and acrylic on canvas 16x20in

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teriyaki

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apparition

105.

tango by the campfire

multimedia; plaster and acrylic on canvas 16x20in

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thigh highs

multimedia; plaster and acrylic on canvas 16x20in

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perilymph

charcoal on construction paper 11x14in

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labyrinth

charcoal on construction paper 11x14in

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satire

charcoal on construction paper 11x14in

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mustache

charcoal on construction paper 11x14in

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mino

charcoal on construction paper 11x14in

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lucidity

charcoal on construction paper 11x14in

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lux

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

114.

lax

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

multimedia; plaster and acrylic on canvas 16x20in

multimedia; plaster and acrylic on canvas 16x20in

members

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pg. title description 115.

cathedra

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

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cathedra

blank page/ digital color

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119.

120.

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libation

cavity le parfuma the alter

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in guoache on watercolor board 9x12in guoache on watercolor board 9x12in guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

121.

bayith

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

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chalaph

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

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obscure

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

124.

peppermint

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

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celestial

guoache on watercolor board 18x24in

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celestial

guoache on watercolor board 18x24in

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empress

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

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empress

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

129.

frankincense and myrrh

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

130.

frankincense and myrrh

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

131.

resplendency

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

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resplendency

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

133.

introspective

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

134.

retrospective

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

135.

augmentation

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

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luminescence

multimedia; plaster and gesso on canvas 36x54in

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power

multimedia; plaster, charcoal, and acrylic on canvas 16x20in

138.

glory

multimedia; plaster, charcoal, and acrylic on canvas 16x20in

139.

ethereal

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

140.

ethereal

guoache on watercolor paper 9x12in

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pause

blank page/ digital color

142.

pause

poem

pg. title description 143. parenthesis digital art 144.

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148.

paralysis

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

crown of thorns

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

black mass

digital art

de profundis

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

despondency

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

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bedlam

watercolor and guoache on watercolor paper 18x24in

150.

manna

watercolor and guoache on watercolor paper 5x6in

151.

leaps of faith

watercolor and acrylic on watercolor board 9x12in

152.

leaps of faith

watercolor and acrylic on watercolor board 9x12in

153.

vestibule

watercolor and guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

154.

traverse

watercolor and guoache on watercolor paper 3.75x4.75in

155.

salvation

guoache on illustration board 3.75x4.75in

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salvation

guoache on illustration board 3.75x4.75in

157.

insolence

guoache on illustration board 3.75x4.75in

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eminence

guoache on illustration board 3.75x4.75in

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concussion

ink and guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

160.

communion

ink and guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

161.

perch

watercolor and acrylic on watercolor board 9x12in

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sepulcher

watercolor on watercolor paper 18x24

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insignia

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

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insignia

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

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inflorescence

guoache on watercolor board 6x9

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inflorescence

blank page/ digital color

167.

convergence

charcoal and pencil on paper 9x12in

168.

distinction

charcoal and pencil on paper 9x12in

169.

entangle

charcoal and pencil on paper 9x12in

170.

triangle

charcoal and pencil on paper 9x12in

members

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system of variance

charcoal and pencil on paper 9x12in

172.

rules of ataxia

charcoal and pencil on paper 9x12in

173.

womb

print on bfk paper 8x10in

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176.

vessel

cave

multimedia; paper sculptor, spray paint and acrylic 8x10in

vulnerability

print on bfk paper 8x10in

weft

acrylic on canvas 9x12in

177.

lilith

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

178.

moth

print on bfk paper 9x12in

179.

miasmic

guoache on watercolor board 9x12in

180.

omni

guoache on watercolor board 6x9in

181.

divergence

watercolor on watercolor paper 9x12in

182.

kauri

ink on multimedia paper 9x12in

183.

lath

ink on multimedia paper 9x12in

184.

balsa

ink on multimedia paper 9x12in

185.

boudoir

digital art

186.

dinner by candlelight

187.

conniption

188.

resonance

189.

6020

multimedia; plaster, stray paint, and acrylic on canvas 30x24in

190.

6020

multimedia; plaster, stray paint, and acrylic on canvas 30x24in

191.

2020

multimedia; plaster, stray paint, and acrylic on canvas 24x20in

192.

4020

multimedia; plaster, stray paint, and acrylic on canvas 24inx20in

193.

pause

blank page/ digital color

194.

pause

poem

195.

pendulum

charcoal and pencil on paper 11x14in

196.

pendulum

charcoal and pencil on paper 11x14in

197.

playful banter

black page/ digital color

198.

playful banter

acrylic on canvas 9x12in

acrylic on canvas 11x14in acrylic on canvas 11x14in acrylic on canvas 11x14in

pg. title description 199.

taffeta and taffy

200.

alluvium

guoache on ink on multimedia paper 9x12in

201.

chrysalis

print on bfk paper 7.5x10.5in

metah

print on bfk paper 7.5x10.5in

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chine colle’ and acrylic on presentation board 9x12in

pause

blank page/ digital color

pause

poem

205.

dark chocolate

blank page/ digital color

206.

dark chocolate

guoache on canvas 8x10in

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coconut milk

guoache on canvas 8x10in

208.

coconut milk

blank page/ digital color

209.

veronese sippin bardolino

guoache on canvas 8x10in

210.

hazelnut guoache on canvas 8x10in

211.

vanilla chai

guoache on canvas 8x10in

212.

shot of espresso

guoache on canvas 8x10in

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brie

guoache on canvas 8x10in

214.

parmesan

guoache on canvas 8x10in

215.

hazelnut

guoache on canvas 8x10in

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mocha

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iced coffee

218.

cracked balaka

guoache on canvas 8x10in

219.

genocide

guoache on canvas 8x10in

220.

quarantine

guoache on canvas 8x10in

guoache on canvas 8x10in

guoache on canvas 8x10in

members

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vessel ...but we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us...

2 corinthians 4:7