Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
- Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD)
- oil creme, pastels & collage on paper
- diameter 25 inches
- 2003
This drawing was one of the last in the series of round format or tondo drawings I made during the winter of 2003. As with much of my artwork, I didn't begin with a specific concept; however, I did approach the drawing with different stylistic interests. I wanted to see what would happen with a figure placed as close as possible to the edge of the paper.
As the figure emerged it became uncomfortable and I started to feel a sense of slipping and anxiety. Next thing I knew, it became a visual representation of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD), or Social Phobia. Conceptually, it became an attempt to make visible, through psychological and emotional realism, what Social Anxiety Disorder/Phobia looks and feels like.