Acrylic and Mixed Media 

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I’m Present is a mixed media collage I made after my first semester of school in the pandemic. During this time my art became more grungy and experimental. I used my art as a way to express the feeling of having to perform the role of being a student while dealing with the feeling of hopelessness from the pandemic. Everyone was expected to pick up where we left off through a screen and be present while news reports would post daily death tolls.