“My body is a battlefield, my mind the war zone.”

Piece I originally created to emphasize the difference between mental and physical suffering. On the outside she looks unharmed; no marks, bruises, or cuts, but inside her mind is turbulent and going through something volatile. The background represents more about what’s going on inside her than her outward appearance. The act of cutting up the piece was to further the concept of brokeness, but then the piece’s original idea of a ‘flawless’ body feels weakened since the viewer has a harder time seeing her body as untouched.

Warzone

2019
12 in x 18 in

Watercolor, Ink, Micron Pen, Colored Pencil