Final Drawing and Painting:
Artist Statement:
Growing up I thought everyone had that perfect family life that they showed on tv. Soon I realized the reality of my families situation. How we were going through periods of financial instability, the broken bonds between my father and siblings, the lack of communication we all had. Outside I spoke my mind and was confident, but at home I had no voice, and struggled to stand up for myself. I express this through the blood cells floating in bone marrow in my painting. They represent autoimmune disease and how I feel like my insecurities diminish my confidence and courage. The space they’re in, the bone marrow, represents the root of where all these emotions sprout from, a broken family foundation. When thinking of this I’m reminded of the person I don’t want to be so I’ve worked towards slowly opening myself up and letting people see this other side to me. I’ve expressed this through the falling girl that hasn’t reached the end.