mixed media canvas art born out of acrylic, prose, & recycled materials.
Paintings crafted with the intention of giving a second life to discarded objects; to reimagine color and rhetorical presentation; to capture the simple and the sublime.
artemisia’s rhetoric
Cairn Bittay, 2023
Acrylic and twine on canvas
24 x 30 inches
This painting has an essay component. You may read it here.
Pharmacology
Cairn Bittay, 2025
Mixed media acrylic and medication on canvas
This work has an essay component. All prescriptions used in the painting were expired, unused, and prescribed to the artist.
Whirlpool
Cairn Bittay, 2022
Mixed media acrylic on aluminum
This painting includes an original untitled poem.
Heal
Cairn Bittay, 2021
Acrylic and ceramic on canvas
This painting includes an original poem of the same title, published in SHE the Magazine. It was displayed in SHE the Magazine’s Her Gallery.
Time
Cairn Bittay, 2021
Acrylic and clock on canvas
This painting includes an original poem by the same title. It was displayed in SHE the Magazine’s Her Gallery.
Veins
Cairn Bittay, 2021
Mixed media acrylic and flowers on canvas
This painting includes an original untitled poem. It was displayed in SHE the Magazine’s Her Gallery.
Sick
Cairn Bittay, 2021
Mixed media acrylic and metal on canvas
This painting includes an original untitled poem. It was displayed in SHE the Magazine’s Her Gallery.
love
Cairn Bittay, 2021
Mixed media acrylic and wax on canvas
This painting includes an original untitled poem. It was displayed in SHE the Magazine’s Her Gallery.
Throne
Cairn Bittay, 2023
Mixed media acrylic on canvas.
This work contains an original untitled poem.
Cosmetics
Cairn Bittay, 2019
Mixed media lipstick on canvas
The makeup used in this painting was expired and donated.
Almost Absolute
Cairn Bittay, 2026
Acrylic and thread on canvas.
This work has an essay component.
Phoenix Unpublished
Cairn Bittay, 2022
Mixed media acrylic on canvas
This work contains excerpts of unpublished manuscript drafts.
Lady Dona Valentino
Cairn Bittay, 2019
Acrylic on canvas.
fantasy
Cairn Bittay, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
The painting contains an excerpt from George R.R. Martin’s poem, “On Fantasy.”
phoenix As leader
Cairn Bittay, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
Paws
Cairn Bittay, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
This work contains a poem by T.S. Eliot.
Article 16
Cairn Bittay, 2020
Mixed media acrylic on canvas
Lord Sesshomaru
Cairn Bittay, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
This work contains an original untitled poem.