Amy E. Fraser Art

Anguish is an expressive painting by Amy E. Fraser depicting a young woman who is symbolically caged in her bed due to the severe pain of Endometriosis. Anguish by Amy E. Fraser       Endometriosis is an often painful disorder in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus (the endometrium) grows outside the uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves the ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining of the pelvis. Rarely, endometrial tissue may spread beyond pelvic organs. Endometriosis can cause pain (sometimes severe) especially during menstrual periods. Fertility problems also may develop.          Anguish was completed in an Expressionistic style in order to best describe the physical and emotional turmoil of Endometriosis. Expressionism refers to an "artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and respo...

Here are some examples of my Expressionist Style portrait paintings: Inconsolable by Amy E. Fraser Bleak by Amy E. Fraser Gloom by Amy E. Fraser       Expressive Female Portraits by Amy E. Fraser. These paintings (some displayed previously in the post " Self Portrait Paintings ") are completed in an emotive painterly Expressionistic style in order to evoke the mood described in each title.       According to Wikipedia the term Expressionism refers to an "artistic style in which the artist seeks to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse within a person." The Expressionist movement occurred during the early part of the 1900s. Expressionist art conveys emotion and meaning rather than reality. Each artist had their own unique way of expressing their emotions in their art. In order to express emotion, the subjects are often distorted or exaggerated. At the sa...