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What happened you ask? The events leading up to the art: § Coping with trauma by associating colors with feelings. § A serious car crash and concussion cements the synesthesia that emotions have colors. § Leaving my marriage § Coronavirus § Date at their house § Drugged drink § Fleeing § Terrified § My best friend took care of me I felt this ripping and pulling apart within me. These emotions were oozing out of my skin. One night, I let it go, I let it out. Completely entranced, I ripped raw canvas, painted my body where the colors were coming out, and transferred the paint onto the canvas. Face, chest, pelvis, hands, legs. I couldn’t take it any more. I sat down to my typewriter and let my thoughts flow freeform. Wild, hard and delicate-my emotions transferred to the paper in thought and format. A figurative streak of blood bisects the artwork. Neon and darkness alternate like a filmstrip. Wire cables garrote the visual scene. Black velvet absorbs all light but reminds us of a better feeling time. The constructed/destructed wooden frame absorbed my sweat and blood. Is it all out now? Maybe, maybe not. Unformatted text from the artwork: Trauma and please help me: a story of ages This is a story of all my ages. The first time… Was that the beginning? it usually starts with the previous generation. One ill-fated swap across the cheeks. A disregard for children as humans. Fuck. Women as humans? To b treated with respect and dignity? Sometimes this concept is hard for people to grasp, to accept. I love you, don’t leave me. Please help me. don’t leave me please let me leave. Please. Can you leave? Where do you go on your own when you’re three? Tell me please, I’ll pass it down the timeline. What becomes of those who fear, only know fear? What happens in a pandemic? It’s relatively fun. Still no respect, no dignity, and more brutality. I left. I left the door open. The feelings ooze out from my pores, my skin. Skin is emotion. Smooth, soft, hard. God; you’re beautiful. Omniscient self abandon. Feel the truth, see the whole. Risks? It’s all a risk. To live. I love you, please help me. Thank you To my best friend
Original Created:
2020
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Print:
Giclee on Photo Paper
Size:
12 W x 6 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:
17.25 W x 11.25 H x 1.2 D in
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White
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Yes
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Ships in a Box
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Crystal MacClain
United States
My fervor for painting began with nightmares and other spontaneous, visceral hauntings. I aim to release my demons and imprison them in paintings to walk through life unburdened. I hope these representations encourage onlookers to recognize and confront their internal struggles. My process begins with a recording - a loop played over and over in the mind. How do you stop it? Look at it. Inspect and reflect. Hold it in your hands and examine it from every angle. Colors represent feelings, as do light, texture and distortion. Searing images from my visual memory work through my hands, transferring emotions into paper or canvas with acrylic paints and mediums, providing distinctive structure. The artist’s knife gives me the most satisfaction while the brush highlights and focuses the intensity. I face the fear and terror born of regret, shame and loneliness. Open that container of darkness and challenge what lies within. Crystal explores art in many media. Professionally, she studies the body and brain processes. Hidden emotions came forth after a major car accident and during work pressures, compelling expression. These paintings depict all that is within.
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