Things Can Weigh You Down
Artist’s Statement: “Things Can Weigh You Down” was created with the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) from a blank “digital canvas” using traditional methods of painting and drawing adjusted to the new medium. The original size was 8.5 inches x 14 inches, but can be adjusted to lesser or greater size. The image falls between surreal and expressive modes.
A grayscale drawing with a central figure composed of interposed shapes of several forms, human and animal, with large heads above each shoulder having heavy, serious faces. The central figure is wedged between two edges of a symbolic cliff.
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About the Artist
Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Lithuanian/Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia. He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, Door Is A Jar, The Phoenix, and The Harvard Advocate. Edward is also a published poet who has had over 700 poems published and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize multiple times.