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Mannequin Painting
United States
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 24 W x 30 H x 6 D in
Ships in a Crate
About The Artwork
Mixed media painting (primarily oil) over plaster on canvas with 3D styrofoam mannequin mask (painted with acrylic & ink & has fake eyelashes attached). Because it is styrofoam, it doesn't weight much & it's been hanging on my wall for over a year with no issues on sturdiness. The words were written with permanent marker on wax paper. There is a faint cocoon on a plant & a butterfly made of glue in the background as well as a key done with a stencil. Does not include hanging hardware-just resting on 2 nails in our home with no issues. I wrote this poem about myself in high school (though I had in mind that I wanted it to help others who dealt with putting on a mask of perfection & just letting go & becoming free & real). I've always been good at pretending happiness & putting on a mask even when struggling with depression and some hard times. It doesn't help that my "nervous habit" is laughing. During one week in high school, my sister (& best friend) got married & moved over 12 hours away from me, we found out my brother got his now wife pregnant & my dad wouldn't let me hang out with him until he got married, my grandma I was closest to died, my cousin became paralyzed from a car accident, & another relative died. All in the same week. I was supposed to be helping lead a group of girls in our kids' summer camp we were putting on at church & I just broke down at one point & I don't think anyone in youth group had ever even seen me cry. We had a curfew to follow, but I was so thankful for our leaders letting me stay up & talk with them. I started experiencing a whole new level of transparency for a while, & it was needed, as I went through some much harder times after that. I want others to be inspired to just be real, to be themselves-whether it's happy or sad & to allow God to "break" them in order to become whole again. It's in our weaknesses that He is made strong.
Original Created:2016
Subjects:Portrait
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:24 W x 30 H x 6 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Crate
Shipping & Returns
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Handling:Ships in a wooden crate for additional protection of heavy or oversized artworks. Crated works are subject to an $80 care and handling fee. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:United States.
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During some really difficult seasons and stages in my life, I started having visions of me being free that really gave me the desire to do whatever it would take to power through and fight for my freedom in those areas. I started a “Stages of Freedom” Collection as a result. In late 2007, I was at one of the lowest points in my life and found myself in an emergency room after downing enough aspirin to end my life prematurely. After being there for about 10 hours, my toxicity levels finally reached their peak and started going down. A dr. came in trying to shame me for my choice and asked if I felt stupid for what I had done while I sat there staring at the blank white walls and feeling utterly hopeless. At the time, I only wished I had thought of a better, more immediate plan of action. However, as I looked at the blank white walls, all I could picture was the girl in the rain painting I had painted only months before and realized this collection is meant to be bigger than myself and help others as well. It’s still not entirely complete, but I have every intention of proposing to put it in various places where people need hope and healing and wish for my art to help be a part of that process. I hope you will enjoy it as well as you take a look at it. For more of my portfolio, pictures of the houses we’ve flipped, murals I’ve worked on, and things I’ve written, please visit my site: lifegiver.site.
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