JG Designs

08/26/2024

One of my earliest window signs done in 1987. I just found it while moving into my new studio. How appropriate for current life. For those of you that live here, but are fairly new imports, this is where The Armory is now.

01/10/2024

I need HELP from a couple fellow artists!
We sold our house. I need help before Feb to pack up my studio. Packing my paints and brushes as only an artist can.

12/28/2023

Does anyone out there have a connection to the administrator of UCSF Hospital or UCSF HEART SURGERY? This is IMPORTANT!

12/05/2023

🫂👨‍🦼💞Thank you to all of the people that donated in my name to HelpHopeLive.org/campaign/21898 on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28! I feel so blessed that you took the time and money to help us out. And to all the friends and family that donated before and after this event!! I am about to go into an acute spinal rehab facility for 2 or 3 weeks and am hoping to come out stronger and with more tools to help me achieve more independence. It's been almost 2 years since I became a parapalegic and many times I felt like giving up. But I continue to remain on the positive side as I know there's more out there for me. Many of you may not know that I almost died in surgery. Because I survived, I know there was a reason. I just have to get strong enough to find out what the heck I'm supposed to do...besides my art, or maybe because of it. I continue to feel the ups and downs of this life, but with your continued love and support, I know I will find my way. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND KINDNESS!!

11/29/2023

There's still a few hours left to help me out with a donation. Your wonderful love and financial support got us our much needed wheelchair accessible van, that has brought me so much more freedom. The rest of the money we received went to paying caregivers. It's no small task taking care of me! But your donations have helped us immeasurably!! And I thank you from the very bottom of my heart. I hope that you can continue a bit more support. And if not, you continued love, support, and prayers continue to help inspire me to move forward. Please see the my page below for more information about donating:

April 1, 2022 Judy had open heart surgery, which resulted in a loss of blood flow to the spine rendering her a paraplegic. She has been in and out of hospitals and care facilities for almost a year. In January of 2023 Judy finally was able to move into a private home of a friend. While this transiti...

11/28/2023

Today is a big day to help make a big difference.
🦋 TODAY IS GIVING TUESDAY 🙏
It's been a long slow road working at building my strength and gaining some independence. Your donations and prayers have meant so much to me.
With them, we have been able to buy a much needed wheelchair accessible van that allows me so much more independence.
I have come to understand a scarey truth...I will always need a caregiver. And I need your love and support to stay strong and keep my independence.

Please support me today in my battle for independence. Your donation goes farther today when you donate to Help Hope Live in my name. When you use a credit card Help Hope Live will pay for all online processing fees, which means your donations go farther to support me. Click here to go to my page: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/21898

THANK YOU FOR your donation, love, and support.

April 1, 2022 Judy had open heart surgery, which resulted in a loss of blood flow to the spine rendering her a paraplegic. She has been in and out of hospitals and care facilities for almost a year. In January of 2023 Judy finally was able to move into a private home of a friend. While this transiti...

11/27/2023

Big date, big difference! GivingTuesday is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 28. I am fundraising for an important cause, and I could really use your help and support!

Please consider making a donation to the national nonprofit Hope Live in my honor on GivingTuesday. https://helphopelive/campaign/21898

THANK YOU—your support makes all the difference.

07/08/2023

YAY!!! My FIRST OUTING since April 1, 2022 (A YEAR AND A HALF!!!)!!! Lunch in Twain Harte with my Sweetie in our new van!! Never take anything in your life for granted.
One step closer to our fundraising goal! It's a HUGE goal and we are blessed for those folks that have helped us get this far. But we are far from our goal, even now. And we still need your help. We are looking for a large location where we can hold a fundraiser/arts event/ dinner to help raise more money. If you know of a great location or are available to be on a fundraising committee, or food committee, or donation committee, or whatever else kind of committee that I can't think of, please PM me. We need lots of help on so many levels.
Or if you'd like to donate on a totally secure website, please go to my page at:
www.helphopelive.org/campaign/21898
More info there or go to www.helphopelive.org and search for my page, Judy L Grossman. It's a fundraising site that has been in existence for 35 years and is for the sole purpose of raising money for disabled folks. They have been so so helpful to us.
Thank you again for any help you can offer!!❤️🤗🎨🙏

07/13/2020

Continuing with my medicine cards, I pulled Butterfly. Butterfly is the card of transformation. Pulling it tells me that I am on the right path. Pushing towards being a full time artist and exploring what has been wanting to come out for so long. When I received Butterfly, I knew I was being challenged. I didn't want to paint a butterfly. Mostly, I didn't want to paint a cliche. All around me were signs of transformation, chrysalis, and chaos. I needed to find the peace of the process and the personal slow, quiet moments that it takes to transform. It was like I was being challenged to make my own chrysalis and find my voice. I took a canvas and started diving into it, as a Caterpillar inches it's way along, imagining I was small and exploring giant leaves, seeds, and blades of grass. I drew a few lines of direction and as I did, a figure came out. These are transformative times for all of us. We reach for something that we can hold onto and we hope and pray that we are strong enough to move forward with renewed strength. We have gone into our cocoons and we so want to come out and look at our world with new eyes and hope. Please click on the photo to see the whole painting. It is 2' x 5', painted with acrylics on a sewn canvas that has a pole pocket at the top in order to be hung like a tapestry. I dedicate this painting to my granddaughter Brooke, for her strength and dedication to finding herself and transforming into the person she is today. May we all continue to transform into our best selves, as individuals in a universal society of humans. Title: TRANS-Formation.
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08/30/2018

Simplified.

08/29/2018

Is it a real VDub or is it flat? 1968, that was a good year. #1968