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We all need some help with our mood swings at various times in our lives.

At the fast pace our world is moving, we can have 2-3 or more mood swings a day!

What do you do to get yourself back to your middle ground level of stability? That level where you are much less stressful or upset.

Me, I go up to my art studio and paint or out to my garden and dig in the dirt. I turn my stress into something cheerful.

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Does this painting, Life Patterns cheer you up with its bold colorful repeating patterns? Near your favorite chair or over a table near your chair, it will continue to relieve your stress the entire time you are sitting there!

Life Patterns ~ 24" x 24" x 1.5" ~ Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas

Life Patterns ~ 24" x 24" x 1.5" ~ Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas

But Stress can become a killer. Chronic stress is potentially harmful because your mind and body are on high alert (fight/flight) for too long a period.

Your muscles tend to tense up when you're stressed. Over time this can cause headaches, migraines, or musculoskeletal problems and effect your health in serious ways.

Do you think you could stay in a stressful mood if you are within range of this painting, Tethered and Untethered? Whether on your bedroom wall or on the wall of the conference room, it really will lower the stress level.

 Tethered and Untethered ~ 36" x 36" x 1.5" ~ Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas

      
 Tethered and Untethered ~ 36" x 36" x 1.5" ~ Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas

Researchers have found that browsing art in your home or in a gallery can help lower the body's concentration of the stress hormone cortisol and increase that of the pleasure hormone dopamine.

This cheerful, bold hand delights visually and carries an important message about diversity.

Directional Hand 1 ~ 24" x 18" x 1.5" ~ Acrylic/Mixed Media on Canvas

They found that the benefits were many including stimulating the imagination, increased observation skills, boosts self esteem, and enhances problem solving abilities. Because it reduces your stress and anxiety it helps to reduce the unhealthy results of these factors.

Give it a try the next time you are finding yourself stressed for a long period of time. Get yourself to a gallery or go online to my website and just scroll through the portfolios of the many paintings. See if it helps you ease your stress.

Contact me for availability on these paintings or if I can help you in any way.