Destined to fade
Destined to fade

Painting

Destined to fade

showing through

Every time is different
Every time is different

Painting

Every time is different

Always looking Similar

I lay awake body vibrating     Tossing and Turning
I lay awake body vibrating Tossing and Turning

Painting

I lay awake body vibrating Tossing and Turning

The marks in the body flow painting an abstract story like stains on fabric trying to represent something not able to be expressed in words

In front and around
In front and around

Other

In front and around

the body

Layers of Healing
Layers of Healing

Other

Layers of Healing

I fall asleep, not able to escape this reality To only wake up and find myself in a dream Where am I ? Why can't I remember body vibrating I toss and turn

Light layer
Light layer

Other

Light layer

Over and under

Pieced together
Pieced together

Painting

Pieced together

Tension

Proof of something
Proof of something

Other

Proof of something

thesis paper

Purple turns to black
Purple turns to black

Painting

Purple turns to black

Why do we walk around unaware of our own body's. Like a ghost moving in spaces. Before the path was uncertain, but it felt more familiar. Restricted to our thoughts, it's hard to get past ourselves. We live in this fear. Fear of the unknown... More

Seeing through
Seeing through

Painting

Seeing through

Im bruised But not like the physical ones Lingering through my body Appearing fading Appearing again pain to just a colour Proof of something Proof of time numbing

Soft Reality
Soft Reality

Painting

Soft Reality

The feelings turn numb My body tries to ground itself I lay awake in this unfamiliar familiar place Left alone to my own thoughts

Taken away
Taken away

Other

Taken away

I close my eyes but the dreams takes me back the pain that I was hiding from betrayed by my own thoughts confronted in a safer space I try to heal

Unknown feeling
Unknown feeling

Other

Unknown feeling

Pain to just a colour

Work by

Paige Dawdy

Drawing and Painting

“You can never really prepare yourself for anything really. You can try to prepare your body, mind, and essence, but it never truly prepares you for reality or truth. As much as you know something is...” [More]