I paint this painting about my journey through dealing with mental illness over more them half my life as I feel like I am always trying to heal my inner child.

The intensity of the face the eyes, in the portrait of myself coming out of the black darkness background shows my journey and the strength of determination, I have endured, and on the bottom corner of the painting.

I have a protected field over my younger self, the intense yellow is a sign of light and hope of one day of getting fully well.