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MissPoe

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I have been on a long journey now. Life crashed in 2016 and since then I have really struggled with making art. I went to therapy for 2 years, got medicated and mentally felt alot better. But my creative outlet, that has been what defines me since I was a child, was gone. I started painting silly balloon-chickens on canvas (see cover). It was simple, it was fun and holy shit did they sell well! But they were and still are lighthearted and unpersonal. But that was all I could handle. Simple roosters sitting on a clothing line in different predicaments. On the other hand I have been very creative on the theatre-side with writing and acting.


It wasnt until very recently I was able to sketch, draw or paint for longer times than 20 minutes. (Yesterday I sat in my couch and painted for 9 hours.) It wasn't until now I found my inspiration again and that was because I stopped taking my meds. The 3 paintings I've uploaded recently is the result of that. (Now, don't go and quit your meds on your own. You need to be cleared by your doctor first.) I was given an okay because I don't believe I am depressed anymore. But ultimately quitting my meds allowed me to be myself again. It took about 3 weeks for the side effects to wear off and I'm gonna try to convey one of them in a painting/drawing. In short: reality felt weird and it spooked me.


POINT IS, I hope I'm not too late back to the dA-party because I have alot moore stuff to bring. It's 2 AM here now so I gotta go and work on my next painting. :P Blabbering done.

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As the title says, I want to remake some of my older stuff but I can't decide what. "Frank" is definitely getting an update, that is already settled.


What would you guys like to see in a newer, better form? "Anxiety" is not an option as it is a product of a severe anxiety attack.


Name a few suggestions in the comments below. :)

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Changing things

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Almost a year has passed since my last entry and not much has happened. I am very unpleased with my galleries and I don't think they are good enough to represent me. I had the idea that I would upload anything even if I didn't like it because someone always will. I don't think that's an effective approach so I will clean up my gallery. I'll remove awful stuff and put "not good but they show my development"-art in a new folder.

I also want to remake art that was good to me at the time but has potential to be something much better. Ideas that were solid when the execution were not.

And of course I WILL be more active on dA. It's not the best platform for selling but I need something other than money to motivate me. I have kind of lost the passion I used to have and I need to find it again.

You will see more from me soon.
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Back to art

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After almost 2 years of being incapable of producing anything I am finally getting my creativity back.
Right now I'm working on commissions (yes Hethalos, you will finally get your Goliath soon) and I'm painting chickens on canvases. Surprisingly chickens sell really well so I have tons of people chasing me down because they want their own chicken painting. Which has resulted in that I paint every single day.
I am going to show you my goofy chickens soon.

Speaking of chickens, I became a grandma today. A baby chick hatched and it's freakin' adorable!

That's all for now. I will be active here on DA again from now on. :)
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Life

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Things are different from my situation back in April. My meds are working and I feel better in general. I have a new pet lizard, a leopard gecko named Cilla and she's bringing joy back in my life.
Things have been going well until today. My chicken died this evening and unfortunately she could have infected my pet rooster with a deadly disease. He's my little friend so I care deeply about him.
So life has it's ups and downs still. Mostly ups luckily.
At least I have the energy to paint now (FINALLY!) so new pieces will be coming up soon. Right now I'm working on a painting which was an inspiration of Rammstein - my hertz brennt. Hopefully it will be done any day now.
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