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Holly Ludman See it from my perspective

Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024
Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024
Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024
Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024

I have often thought I was the only one engulfed by irrational fear, a warped reality that could skew my perceptions. However, I started to understand that we all experience it, whether large or small. In my body of work I explore the feeling of being weighed down by psychological distress, as if drowning in a sea of self-perpetuated anxieties. I use charcoal to emphasise the frailty of the human skin and warped perspectives to represent the distorted reality created by anxiety. I invite the audience to see anxiety as I see it, and be reminded that you're not alone.

Influencing artists:
Dylan Eakin
Douglas McDougall
Cristina Troufa
Michael Zavros
Alison Lambert
Josh S Rose

School

Tempe High School

ARTEXPRESS year

2024

HSC year

2023

Process diary

Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024
Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024
Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024
Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024
Work by Holly Ludman, ARTEXPRESS 2024