the glance Painting

This introspective portrait of Ruth Hayden, was created using “pokerwork”, a hand drawn pyrographic technique that burns the subject’s likeness into the plywood, breaking the portrait down into a collection of tones and individual burn marks. Trost selects his subjects from people whose inner strength has given them resilience in the face of mental health challenges. He hopes that by highlighting people actively working through depression, his art will help to correct misconceptions about this debilitating illness. Trost chose this pose of Ruth as he felt it personifies her acceptance of life at that moment. Emerging from the canvas like coming out from a dense fog - which is a term depressed people often use to describe their experience. She seems remote as if distancing herself from the audience, not looking directly at life but providing an aside glance. By not focusing on reality is how she dealt with support for a depressed partner. For the long term mentally unwell depression can be a blurred vision of life and meaning.

Painting:pyrography on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 2 D in

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