Bullseye II
Bullseye II...30"x30". This recently completed painting chronicles the pain of my typical migraine headache. My pain is generally targeted behind one eye. I developed the sketch for this one back in 2003 for an annual migraine art contest the National Headache Foundation used to sponsor and finally got around to painting it full size. The NHF gave me a merit award for Bulls Eye I, and you can see a few more of my migraine paintings here. 
And this one: "Below the Blade" is also migraine related. That little circular saw blade over her neck signify's wanting to chop my head off...a lot of pain and stiffness radiates through my neck & shoulders during these headaches too. I feel very fortunate that over the years I have found medication and a combination of things that make them much more manageable for me. The sketch for this one was not as happy go lucky as this painting appears!
That's a really great painting. It's nice to be able to put what we feel into something visual. It actually almost hurts my head to look it. It reminds me of a bad headache. Beautifully done though! I don't mean a headache as in - bad art headache! lol
Posted by:Natasha Wescoat | May 05, 2008 at 03:55 PM
Thanks Natasha! Hope all is well with you.
Posted by:Anne Leuck Feldhaus | May 07, 2008 at 09:46 AM