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This painting is my scream into the void, my way of showing the devastation happening in real-time because of climate change. I used intense blues and whites, swirling together like icebergs breaking apart in Antarctica. The patterns look like a chaotic ocean or a storm in the sky, representing the turmoil our planet is facing. It's beautiful, but it's also terrifying.

When I look at this piece, I feel a deep sense of loss. It's not just about the ice melting; it's about the people and animals whose lives are being upended because of it. Marginalized communities are being hit first and hardest, and those in power seem content to just watch it happen. They offer empty words while the planet burns.

The different shades of blue, from deep cobalt to light sky blue, represent the range of impacts we're seeing—from massive ice loss to rising sea levels. The white areas add a stark contrast, symbolizing the fading hope that we can still do something to change the course we're...

Painting is therapeutic for me. I express my trauma, recovery, fear of improving, hope, despair, profound shame, anger, true joy, newfound sexuality, and qualities in myself I never knew existed. I am breaking through and processing. I love seeing my artwork evolve with my mental health. Sometimes, I imagine breaking through a black-painted window and escaping a dark room, a lightless place filled with razors and broken mirrors. Outside, there are shards of glass everywhere. It is still painful, but I finally escaped. And the wounds will heal. They are healing. I pour my soul into my paintings because I must stay grounded. My parts, my emotions. I urgently and compassionately create visual representations of them because if I don't, the...