He Calms My Anxious Mind

This is the first painting I’ve done that is specifically about anxiety. Over the years, I have had a hard time figuring out how to depict anxiety. In my mind anxiety is red/orange/pink. In this piece, the girl is covered in ‘anxiety’, which I depicted with a lot of overlapping, erratic scribbles. I feel like these scribbles capture the emotions I feel when I am very anxious. When I describe what it’s like to live with anxiety, I always say that it feels like my mind, heart, and body are constantly humming and buzzing. Nothing is ever silent or peaceful. The two times that changes is when I am painting and when I feel close to the Savior. When I do my best to feel close to Him, He has given me the gift of peace. He has the power to calm my anxious mind and heart. Stillness is something I cannot seem to find on my own, but I can and have found it through Him, the Prince of Peace.

Reproduced from the artist’s original artwork of Mixed Media on Paper.