Emotional Support Paintings
Punk Rock Looks Different Now, oil on linen, 60x40" Ingrid V. Wells 2022
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You're Here and I'm Here and That's Worth Celebrating, oil on linen, 60x40" Ingrid V. Wells 2022
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For Your Darkest Days, oil on linen, 60x40" Ingrid V. Wells 2022
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The Thing Is, oil on linen, 60x40" Ingrid V. Wells 2022
(Title based on a poem by Ellen Bass)
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(Title based on a poem by Ellen Bass)
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A Painting About Magical and Invisible Things, oil on linen, 60x40" Ingrid V. Wells 2022
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Oh Hello! (Making a Loud, Glittering Entrance to the Boys Club and Calling the Meeting to Order), oil on linen, 60x40" Ingrid V. Wells 2022
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Statement
As an artist who works with the concept of joy, I paint about the weird and wonderful journey of radical self-compassion. It is a fierce rebellion, I consider it pretty punk rock, to stay in your joy when blanketed in depressing circumstances. In this painting collection, I am responding to my personal puzzles (including grief at the loss of a loved one, a deeper understanding of my generational trauma, the shared loss of women's rights and my recent cancer diagnosis) with the aim of inspiring you to greet your challenges with curiosity. My paintings serve as a visual respite for joyful rebellion in the face of terrible circumstances.
I see my role as a joymaker as needing to comb through everything in my purview, with my Harriet the Spy-style detective magnifying glass, to collect sparks of positive visual experiences. In my artistic process I seek out joy, identify it, enlarge it, and share my discoveries. The oil on linen paintings in this collection are based on tiny confetti, enlarged to a 60 x 40" scale. The collection title Emotional Support Paintings is a nod to the need for uplifting support in this moment in America. This body of work taps into a playful and magical energy.
In order to overcome our shared challenges (and we have some big ones mmkay), we have to become joymakers first, before any other title. It is crucial to be vibrant and visible when doing this work - fully aware that joymakers have been historically outright dismissed (their records not kept, their histories not documented). So I implore you to go down the rabbit hole of following your curiosities. Unlock the video game-style level-up moments within yourself and find delight in where the path takes you. Enjoy having your own, "Rocky-the-champ," moment when facing your difficult circumstances and growing your capacity for joy. It’s crucial work, and it’s crucial we do this together now. Like omg right now.
I see my role as a joymaker as needing to comb through everything in my purview, with my Harriet the Spy-style detective magnifying glass, to collect sparks of positive visual experiences. In my artistic process I seek out joy, identify it, enlarge it, and share my discoveries. The oil on linen paintings in this collection are based on tiny confetti, enlarged to a 60 x 40" scale. The collection title Emotional Support Paintings is a nod to the need for uplifting support in this moment in America. This body of work taps into a playful and magical energy.
In order to overcome our shared challenges (and we have some big ones mmkay), we have to become joymakers first, before any other title. It is crucial to be vibrant and visible when doing this work - fully aware that joymakers have been historically outright dismissed (their records not kept, their histories not documented). So I implore you to go down the rabbit hole of following your curiosities. Unlock the video game-style level-up moments within yourself and find delight in where the path takes you. Enjoy having your own, "Rocky-the-champ," moment when facing your difficult circumstances and growing your capacity for joy. It’s crucial work, and it’s crucial we do this together now. Like omg right now.
All works documented courtesy of Artbot Photography.