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thoughts on my artist statement?

Artist Statement

As someone who suffers from autism, my greatest frustration in life has always been my inability to articulate my inner emotions and share my profound feelings. Thankfully, through my artwork I have found a means of expressing myself. These three works in particular are references to powerful emotional states I have experienced, and intense thoughts I have had.

I am a mixed media artist. I doodle whenever I have the chance, and these rough sketches are the first step towards creating my work. From there I use digital software to transform these rough sketches to a more vibrant and specific encapsulation of what I had in mind when I sat down and started drawing.

Pazuzu, the Babylonian Demon is a visual representation of the spine chilling despair that permeates through your body when something terrible has just happened. It is the visual equivalent of the anxiety you would experience after failing to slow down quick enough and ramming into the rear end of a car that has a “baby on board” bumper sticker.
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The happy medium represents a laid back, whimsical and most importantly happy head space. It differs from my other works in that it is not intended to represent a fleeting emotional state, but rather the state of mind that those who have achieved inner peace such as Snoop Dogg or the Dali Llama most frequently find themselves in.

In memoriam is a tribute to those who unfortunately did not emerge victorious over the oppressive forces of mental illness.