A couple of paintings on the topic of the struggle to create art while being a young mother. I went back to school and took a painting class when I was thirty, after the birth of my fifth child. Here are two self-portraits from that semester. I felt like a split person back in those days... 
3 comments:
Love the iron one! The 2nd one... wow, very Bosch-like - powerful. How did the class respond??
Hi Brenda
The class loved these. I had a wonderful painting professor who really encouraged me. I had many drawings from when I started therapy after the birth of my 4th child. (I had a very difficult post partum. I had not been making any art for several years and upon learning this my therapist said to me:
"Run - don't walk - to the nearest art supply store, buy some paper and start drawing."
The second piece here comes directly from those drawings.
Martha!
These are very powerful and filled with torment!
I love the one with the broom handle.
-Dean
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