Art: Encaustic Series: Depression in Wax

In this series I used Encaustic (beeswax) Collage as my medium for all of the pieces. I based the series on depression and people I have met struggling with depression. Depression is not considered an acceptable disease in society today. When people hear "depression" they simply think that it is only an emotional thing, not a mental disease. They consciously or unconsciously steer away from people with "depression" as if they could catch it too, like you would a cold. In this series I wanted to represent some of these people struggling with this illness and a bit of their story (Kim, Emily, Jacob, Drowned). I also wanted to show depression as a treatable illness (Postpartum, Serenity).