My Artwork

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“Today we reveal the reality that is behind visible things, thus expressing the belief that the visible world is merely an isolated case in relation to the universe”. (Klee, 1920)

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Hi everyone

My art practice focuses on depicting feelings of anxiety, dread and despair. I used to suffer from anxiety when i was younger but have since found it burdens me much less.
I was wondering if i could get peoples reactions to my work, is it a visual expression of anxiety for you? If not please tell me why, a critical response is much more useful than a positive one.

Thanks
Henry

[gypsylee]

I'll take a look next time I'm on the laptop :)

[sae]

My thoughts:

As a whole I enjoyed the works. It was visually pleasing and the composition of them is in perfect order. That, while making the pieces nice to look at, fall a little short of conveying the disorganization of the anxious mind. I love the busy motion of the foreground subjects, the muted pallettes displaying the mind's effort to dull the noise of the world. I even dig the geometric nature of them (and I am an avid Kandinsky hater). With the exception of "Descent" there is a rigid structure to the pieces as a whole that for some reason bug me.

I may not be a very credible analyst of this style of art, however. All of my attempts to emulate anxiety through art (piano composition or through visual media) usually turn into disjointed Roger Dean-esque landscapes or ear assaulting piano noise.