VIEW IN MY ROOM
United Kingdom
Drawing, Pencil on Paper
Size: 22 W x 32 H x 0.1 D in
In psychiatric hospital, I felt worthless. I had lost a clear sense of who I am, what I have done with my life, and what I can do with the time left to me - however long that might be. Gradually I came to see that I have been given a talent for writing and drawing, and that it would be very ungrateful to undervalue those talents, such as they are. I determined to make writing and drawing my central focus. Not only by doing it, but also by teaching. This drawing is of a woman who took part on a residential writing retreat I ran soon afterwards. I was struck by her concentration, and the pleasure she took from something that she also plainly found difficult at times. I made a drawing, about writing. I hope it might inspire you to use your talents.
Drawing:Pencil on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:22 W x 32 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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United Kingdom
Mental breakdown: that's what got me back to art. When I was 14, I won a prize for adult painters. I thought my art career was guaranteed. But for years I earned a living from other things - journalism, writing books and performance. In psychiatric hospital, in 2018, I used art to understand what was happening to me. People told me it was powerful, and could help others. Since then, I've shown my art online and in real life, often telling stories while I show as many as 250 people gathered together at a time. I've started to become relatively successful with my art - something I'd almost given up on. One of the people most helpful to my recovery had cancer. She told me I must have an exhibition before she died. I didn't manage it - not quite. I'm determined to make up for lost time. I love drawing from life, but also from my imagination. I work fast, to keep the style loose and energetic. I paint with oil and acrylic, but mostly I sketch with pen, and wash it with watercolour or digitial colour. As an artist who is also a writer, I love images that illustrate metaphors or stories. Thank you for reading.
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