Facing Changes Mini Painting

Artist Ashley Showalter, Choctaw

"Facing Changes"

3" x 3"

Posca pen and acrylic paint on canvas

Signed and dated 2021

A Posca pen allows you to control the application of rich, opaque water-based paint, in fine or broad lines. The markers are real paint that dries permanent and they are very versatile.

Ashley is a self-taught artist and a peer mental health advocate who lives in Norman, Oklahoma.

She began creating artwork as a survival tool for her mental health recovery. Art has become a huge coping skill for her and as helped her through some of her darkest moments. She started drawing with a ball point pen and crayons. Now she works with paint as her medium, but draws with a fine point tool to have precision in her artwork.

She creates art with funky designs, bright colors and intricate patterns. 

She hopes that when viewing her work, “you are inspired to view freely without the constraints of how things are ‘supposed to look’.