Tension
A Pill A Day Keeps The Demons Away
Pull Yourself Together
Beautiful Dependency
One In the Same
Cry About It
I'm Spiraling Again
Harmonious Pieces of Myself
Woven
Please Don't Let This Feeling Fade
I Think I'm Finally Whole
Artist Statement
My portfolio is an exploration of my relationship with my anxiety and my medications. My body of work explores both the highs and lows and side effects of my mental illness. Through photo manipulations, the diversity of my relationship is expressed.
As my body of work progressed, I shifted my focus from drastic lows and depressions to emotional highs and joyous effects that can be tied to my anxiety medications. Over the course of the work, pieces shift from a darker color palette to one that is brighter. The colors blue to yellow represent my opposing emotions. In the middle of my body of work, I experimented with using multiple images to create final pieces (Cry About It, Harmonious Pieces of Myself, and Woven) as it displays unity between the differences living within me. These pieces act as a bridge between the negative and positive. The inclusion of flowers (Pull Yourself Together, Beautiful Dependency, Please Don’t Let This Feeling Fade, and I Think I’m Finally Whole) brings a softer element to the work, representing fragility through my struggles with mental health and also represents a changed life that can grow from self-love. The nature of my work is introspective and self-driven, creating vulnerability as an artist.