As an artist I will go on to create metaphorical pieces with deeper meanings with me being the personal tie to them without putting myself completely in the spotlight.
Pain is Beauty: From the inspiration of Jerry Grant's collab pieces I decided to create my own piece of common insecurities using a mixture of media adding a textural touch. Starting from the top always being insecure about my nose and my lips and then it escalated to where I felt like my whole face was just not what I felt beauty was so I'm mash together magazine clippings of models positioning them to where I come up with a a miss potato head kind of construction working down my asthma has always been restrictive of almost everything I wanted to do such as sports and just common activities sometimes it feels as though I don't have asthma and then other times I'm reminded of my respiratory condition and then lastly at the bottom the most common thing in women his body image and insecurities that comes along with it
Medina: Always fascinated with the Medusa story and why she was always portrayed as a monster, I decided to further look into the story and paint a piece from the perspective of a woman who was taken advantage of and the only way to protect herself from anyone wanting to cause harm. Using a magazine clipping of a model whose face I felt was perfect for what I was trying to portray, I angled her in a way that she's looking up to the sky as a cry out for help and the hand is reaching out to her granting her protection the serpent in other words her Medusa form to protect herself from any people intending to harm or hurt her. 
Untitled: Being in quarantine a lot of people learned something about themselves that they didn't have time on their hands to learn. I for one realized that I am more comfortable in my igloo also known as my bedroom away from social gatherings. This painting depicts me in an igloo away from the world away from social gatherings anything involving being social with the only thing I need my game, my TV and my bed.
Remember Me: An honor of my grandfather who suffers from bipolar personality and dementia I wanted to create a peace that symbolizes someone is struggling with mental illness and having someone supporting and comforting then when they need it the most bring them back to reality. The painting is of a man whose face is rested in the palm of someone's hands in a consoling way  all the while losing memories in pieces of him with each episode that occurs within his mind. 
Faded Memory: I decided to paint the house of my Aunt and Uncle whom I was close with and the only family of my dads that made me feel like I belonged. Painting the house from memory and only remembering the top and the bottom the middle section is grey and the surrounding background is in fog your parents to show a faded memory with the silhouettes of my aunt and uncle's presence still being in the house.
I surrender: pretty self-explanatory me drowning in thoughts in work in school it takes a toll on a person and it causes mental breakdowns because you feel like everything is piling on you at once and sometimes you want to surrender the white flag and say you're done this is my depiction of how I felt this semester as well as this year. 
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