by Vanessa Jane

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Undercurrent

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Mixed media: confetti from paper drill, acrylic paint on canvas. Triptych h: 180cm w: 90cm relief: 1.5cm. Part of the depression series. Can be hung vertically or horizontally. 2006 The undercurrent resembles my depression under the surface. The current lures you in. It takes hold of you and drags you down. You struggle against it but you still hit the bottom anyway. In the darkness you want to drown. The crashing waves (blue and white confetti) resemble the surface and my constant anxiety to reach it, to be so called emotionally normal. Sometimes you find the strength to fight, you break through to the surface and breathe deeply. You lay there floating on the anxiety, exhausted, trying to gain strength while awaiting the next undercurrent to arrive.

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