I’m a 17 year old illustrator and artist focusing on making pieces that accurately capture and express the intense pain and emotional turmoil that comes with clinical mental illness.The girls I draw represent struggle, and confusion but they also epitomize strength. There is strength in vulnerability, there is power is admitting that you are broken down. I began drawing originally as a distraction from the severe chronic pain that I have as a result of my Sickle cell zero beta thalassemia, but it quickly turned into my coping mechanism and form of expressing and communicating my struggles with my depression and anxiety.
My work can be found at PANTEHA.COM