NINETENTHS Press

Tell us ya worst.

SEVEN DRAWINGS / NICOLE MICHAUD

The Walk, 9 x 13 in, oil pastel
The Field, 5 x 5 in, oil pastel
The Eating Tree, 6 x 4 in, oil pastel
Visitation, 6 x 5 in, oil pastel
The Message, 5 x 4 in, oil pastel
The Party, 3.5 x 5 in, oil pastel
Burning Bush, 13 x 8 in, oil pastel


ARTIST STATEMENT

These drawings are some of my fumblings with honesty, with silence breaking.  They are made to manifest turbulent memory and emotional turmoil, outside of the realm of secrets. 

NICOLE MICHAUD / PHILADELPHIA, PA

Ms. Michaud is haunted by memories of repeat childhood sexual assault. There was other abuse, too, by family and others.  The only God in her life required forgiveness, submission, and silence, and now modern ‘wellness’ dictates the same; be silent to be good, agreeable, healthy, positive, enlightened.  She is done being silent.

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