24x48, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 2018
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From the Artist:

“I did this piece while in the depths of a low. The panel it sits on had been covered in plaster when I started, and the first step was hammering and breaking it all off. Destroying what it once was to make something new was a necessary release, and I promise you, I cried. After I had a blank surface, I could make the base, each color scraped on with a charge of energy. This step was done in acrylic; it is flatter than some of my other paint knived pieces, but on this piece, that flatness is important—to see the chaos of emotion that the woman sits in without pulling away from her as the subject. Painting her was a statement of the pain I felt, and in her existence I could let some of that pain go. She acknowledges my feeling of stuckness, brain fog, confusion, twisting thoughts—she represents what it feels like to be In Knots. She was done with no set reference, and no model; she is the physical manifestation of emotion. However, when you look at her, see beyond the sadness. There is resilience in her eyes and she looks at you with powerful force. She is loved, and she is understanding. Bring her your woes and let her build you up.”

Contact ArtsyAshaSeattle@gmail.com for inquiries about this piece.

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