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Standing On My Own
Bio: I served in the Army from 1999-2012 deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Impact art has made: For me art and music has opened me up for my healing process.
New Beginnings: My portrait of new beginnings is my timeline after my injures. The silhouette on the left is being a hermit not wanting to leave the house but slowly connecting with other veterans and me standing on own and the new beginnings with a blank canvas.
Piece created with: I used a blank canvas, acrylic paints, and vinyl templates.