My story, in art.
The experience of emotional abuse, expressed through art and poetry. Sometimes the only way to endure suffering is to transform it into art.
“Afraid”, The Perspectacles Collection
2009-2021
25 mixed media sculptures the size and shape of eyeglasses that explore the ways we see/don’t see. In particular, “Huh?” and its accompanying poem capture the confusion created by emotional abuse.
The Hidden Art Journal
This altered book was reserved for raw feelings that had nowhere else to go, hidden away because it was not safe for these pages to be visible. There was something redemptive about secretly turning abuse into art. Kinda intense, FYI. 8 images plus detail shots.
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