Joanna Giddens

Visual Art – Washington, D.C.

I am California born and raised in Tanzania. I've been in Washington DC for 4 years and love the multi cultural food and activities. I love creating and admiring surrealist art and portraits of people and scenery. Over the past 12 months I have been working on a series of 12 paintings about emotional openness. In society, some emotions are stigmatized and ostracized, so my series aims to open up dialogue and sharing about our innermost feelings and experiences. My hope is to encourage solidarity and show that most, if not all, humans feel this way at some time in their lives. My message in this series is "these emotions are welcome" and "you are not alone".