The Art of Gaile Plantz

Recently my experience studying abroad in China has made me think about isolation and how it applies not only to me but others in their own unique contexts.
I hope people can either identify with my art work and the feelings I want to portray or obtain an even deeper sense of empathy for others going through times of loneliness.
Art for me has always been something therapeutic.  I lost my father to cancer when I was six and my grandparents 8 weeks apart when I was in the fourth grade. I was raised by a single mother until I was 15 with not much contact from my extended family. Art has been a way of escape and expressing what I could not voice. After I turned 15 my mother died and I became a part of my dear friend’s family. Recently I have lost someone who was extremely close to me making the typical feelings of loneliness in a foreign country too much. Throughout all the loss and grief in my life art has always been there, it has saved my life.