Saturday, January 17, 2009

Brightside of it all

This is my latest painting, done for my exploring creativity class Fall semester. My intention was to creat art with meaning. I wasn't completley unsucessful from my point of view. Let's see, how do I tell you what this painting means to me?

The painting is the story of my sturuggle with depression. Both the figures are me at different parts of my life. The figure at the base of the tree is me when I am down. It's the representation of myself prior to being treated for depression.

The second figure is me when I am happy. This is me when I am reaching to God, holding onto him, my family and my friends. I don't consider myself to struggle with depression, instead I simply have it.

It's a new day, filled with HOPE



2 comments:

Chєєя Sιstєяs said...

your really goood at paintin

Cheshire Kat said...

How did I miss this painting? Do you still have it? I really like the way you used the buttons for texture. You should post this on Sentient. I think you did a great job conveying the whole idea behind it.