Janelle
Of the first two paintings, Janelle says "...one of the paintings has a red rectangle in it, to reflect being
alone in the world. I painted white randomly over the squares, and then used oil pastels to draw a
scene on the canvas. I don’t want the scenes to be happy, and I need to find ways to get across that the
blue figure is trying to harm the red figure. "
Of the red and blue paintings, she writes, "The first one with two squares, one is red to represent me
the blue to represent my harasser/stalker. There is a blue square inside of the red square because at
the time, I could not stop thinking about him and what he had done to me. It was supposed to
represent the fact that he will always be a part of me whether I want him to be or not. The other
painting with the red and blue squares is from a day when he came in to talk to me and some co-
workers, but put his arm around me. The last painting, is from a day when he grabbed my hand, and
accused me of trying to hold his hand in front of some people that we worked with."
"The drawings came from recurring nightmares that I am having about being stalked...(and) represent a
time and place when my sexual harasser/stalker would say something or would follow me. These
drawings are studies that I did for future drawings, but I really just wanted to get my feelings out on
paper. I wanted to keep these drawings simple showing a glimpse of some space because I want the
focus to be on the figures. In all the images, I kept myself a rectangle to give a sense of myself only
being an object. I feel that with everything that I have gone through without help, and the way that my
harasser treated me, I felt like an object. There is one image with 4 figures, it represents one day when
my harasser said something to me in front of my sister and a co-worker. "
alone in the world. I painted white randomly over the squares, and then used oil pastels to draw a
scene on the canvas. I don’t want the scenes to be happy, and I need to find ways to get across that the
blue figure is trying to harm the red figure. "
Of the red and blue paintings, she writes, "The first one with two squares, one is red to represent me
the blue to represent my harasser/stalker. There is a blue square inside of the red square because at
the time, I could not stop thinking about him and what he had done to me. It was supposed to
represent the fact that he will always be a part of me whether I want him to be or not. The other
painting with the red and blue squares is from a day when he came in to talk to me and some co-
workers, but put his arm around me. The last painting, is from a day when he grabbed my hand, and
accused me of trying to hold his hand in front of some people that we worked with."
"The drawings came from recurring nightmares that I am having about being stalked...(and) represent a
time and place when my sexual harasser/stalker would say something or would follow me. These
drawings are studies that I did for future drawings, but I really just wanted to get my feelings out on
paper. I wanted to keep these drawings simple showing a glimpse of some space because I want the
focus to be on the figures. In all the images, I kept myself a rectangle to give a sense of myself only
being an object. I feel that with everything that I have gone through without help, and the way that my
harasser treated me, I felt like an object. There is one image with 4 figures, it represents one day when
my harasser said something to me in front of my sister and a co-worker. "
Oil and oil pastel on canvas
Oil and oil pastel on canvas
All drawings are pencil on paper
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas
Oil on canvas