Stroke of Emotions
is a series of composited self portraits that I created after my husband had a major stroke in 2017. In an effort to
deal with my worry and feelings of helplessness, I turned to my hobby of
photography. I used
my photographic library to help define and illustrate my feelings. From
devastation through rejuvenation, it is a story of a healing journey
that I hope will help others going through a difficult time.
No matter who we are, we all face life challenges. No matter what crisis we face, we all struggle with a range of feelings.
Five of the images from Stroke of Emotions were selected for the Picturing Health exhibit at Viewpoint Gallery
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the month of February 2018. The exhibit
used photographic imagery to explore the relationship between wellness
and creativity, and was funded by the Robert Pope Foundation.
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| Picturing Health exhibit, Viewpoint Gallery February 2018 |
Six images from Stroke of Emotions were accepted for publication in 2018 Seeing in SIXES,
published by LensWork. Fifty projects, each consisting of six images,
were selected from more than 1500 submissions to be featured in this
book.
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| 2018 Seeing in SIXES |
Five images from this series received Nominee recognition in the 2019 Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA). There were 4100 entries from 87 countries around the world for these awards.
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| Nominee, Conceptual Category, Amateur Division |
Stroke of Emotions was featured in the Spring 2020 issue of PhotoEd Magazine - Mental Health, Photography+Healing. An extended article was featured in the digital version of this magazine. You can view the complete digital magazine at this link. Stroke of Emotions is featured on pages 80 through 85.
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PhotoEd Magazine, Spring 2020 - Mental Health, Photography+Healing
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