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Michelle C Mendez
Recurring symbols, colors and shapes overlay monoprint palettes and graph paper charts which I used to record progress and setbacks daily as I would not otherwise retain.
Personal symbols include birds, moons, ladders, fishermen, and children. I love work of artists who capture moments and private worlds using figures: Edgar Degas, German Expressionists, Albert Pinkham Ryder and Remedio Varo.
The figures convey how I felt in the midst of a mild traumatic brain injury: curling in a ball, turning away to avoid light, bending over, weighted in pain with moments of serenity and stillness.
The models are creative individuals where their choice of poses and facial expressions tell their stories.
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