Overwhelm-ephants

24x36” acrylic on canvas. Circa 2019. Private mom collection.

Sometimes, the biggest thing you can say is “elephant.” .
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Here’s to drawing big when you feel very small👩🏻‍🎨🥺 .
You cannot fathom how many sketchbooks I have filled back to back pages with elephants. 
It's a subject I return to a lot, especially when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Sometimes it helps. Sometimes I cannot paint or draw my way out of that raw pulverized ball of emotion.