Drowning yet Surviving is a part of my Interrupting a Portrait series which focused on the idea of experimenting with different ways to interrupt a traditional portrait.

Artist Statement:

This painting is a powerful representation of the mental health struggle one feels on the inside, becoming so much that it has to escape somehow. Feeling as though you are drowning on the inside, the “blood drip” of beads is a representation of it escaping. Yet her calm expression is her trying, and succeeding on just surviving through the internal battle.


Won the Distinguished Reputational Award, at the Open Sky Arts North East Art Exhibition 2023, in Chetwynd BC.