Sunday, April 15, 2012

Tornado Project





Objective was to create a painting that symbolicly represented a time in your life that was chaotic, somewhat of a "tornado".

For me, this was about my anxiety disorder prior to being on medication. Basically an 8 month period of severe agoraphobia and emotional chaos. It took place from May of 2009 until December of 2009.

Essentially each form represents a certain idea or feeling that was present and how I have continued to with this disorder.

The bottom lines represented the urge to control all things and situations in order to feel comfortable, which is why they are so straight and planned out. The harsh edges contribute to the idea of trying to reach out and being continously stabbed back.

Test: All inserts from my journal that I wrote in during this time. Going from positive to progressivly more negative inserts towards the bottom.

White top drip: The idea that in heaven all things will be pure and there will be no more pain or suffering or tragedy. It represents the hope that I have in Jesus renewing my mind and body when he comes to take me home. The white paint is dripping all the way through to painting to represent the frequent times that I felt like God had left me to suffer, when in reality he was always there with me in all situations, penetrating the walls of my heart to continuosly seek him.