my second book of ink drawings plus quotes from favorite authors & comedians is coming soon to amazon.com...actually it's in review right now! check them out, they are awesome gifts #helenbirdart

“Her weight settled on her back foot as she crossed her arms over her chest and stared at him, now legitimately baffled. “How delusional are you, aliens in your head notwithstanding?” – G.S Jennsen ‘Vertigo’

A nod to 4:20...Mixed media on wood 2016 #helenbirdart

“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.” ― Alice Walker, The Color Purple #helenbirdart Ink 2017

“I was always an unusual girl. My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the

"I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special." Alan King #helenbirdart #inksanity 2011 (make that 11/11 and I signed HB!)

“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring--it was

“Inking is meditation in liquid form...” ― J.H. Everett, Izzy and the Candy Palace Another early #helenbirdart Ink 2012

"We've gotta reinvest in space travel. We should've never left the moon." Ray Bradbury #helenbirdart #inksanity 2013 collection

"Before the dawn of time the thoughts of nature awakened the slumber in all. The Sun shined upon the Earth and the jubilation of the day began. All worked in cohesive balance till the setting of the

Alex Rogan: "Maybe there is a starfighter left" The Last Starfighter' 1984 #helenbirdart sharpies, gels & more 2016

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.” ― Dr. Seuss Early #helenbirdart #inksanity from 2011

'Ace of Hearts' an original ink drawing from #helenbirdart #inksanity "The Ace of Heart is motivated by love. Negatively, they are not so sure they want love until they see what it can do for them.

...because the water has to go somewhere... New #inksanity #helenbirdart sharpies, gels, and more 2016

‘THE LAST TRAIN LEAVES’ INK 2013 THIS ONE ESCAPED THE FINAL PHOTOGRAPHY STAGE, AS THIS IS A DRAWING IN IT’S INFANCY. ART CAN BE AS FLEETING AS A FEELING, AND for some strange reason MUCH MORE EASIER TO

“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into

...because 'WATER IS LIFE' #helenbirdart 2016 collection #NoDAPL

“...the great floodgates of the wonder-world swung open...” ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale #helenbirdart 2017 Ink collection

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death,