GRACE DIAZ

This image depicts the transfer of mental illness from a parent to a child. the connection between them is damaged by the illness itself.

Miffy was a toy rabbit I lost in the backyard of my old house in California just before we moved.

I have struggled with sleep since I was very young. My anxiety was erratic at this time and I would lie awake for hours thinking. The princess and the pea was inspiration because it portrayed a struggle I related to in a way I understood.

I have been attempting to illustrate what a panic attack feels like. They are perpetuating waves of fear rush up my body.

This peice represents the loss of innocence that followed one of my first depressive episodes.

correlates with my struggle with self-harm. Representation of self-harm in art are often dramatized and romanticized. I wanted to do something different that forces the viewer to consider a new perspective.

Willow is a girl that I met at our local hospital. She probably suffered from PTSD. I wanted to capture the kind of suffering that I witnessed.