Wixted, KevinWeiss, MaureenUzor, AugustineJoyner, Grace E.2022-07-012022-07-012022-05-10http://hdl.handle.net/10829/24798Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Alfred University Honors Program.My artwork speaks to a dramatization of personal history through metaphor and figurative storytelling. My creative investigation is based upon the need to process personally challenging experiences. In these installation-based paintings I explore themes of introspection and trauma, through representational depictions of nature, and landscape using unrealistic color. The installation is in an unconventional space that limits the movement of the viewer, a location that necessitates proximity, and rotation around a defined space. This forced perspective placed on the viewer mirrors the mental process of introspection, and how perspective changes throughout a journey.en-USHonors thesisArtNatureLifeThesis