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beyond imposter syndrome          


2020
This series is an exploration of the ways I seek to move beyond imposter syndrome, that pesky feeling of being not enough or revealed as a fraud. How do I move beyond imposter syndrome wall? Find a way to break, erode, or remove the barrier.  


Break the wall


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Discomfort brews inside my body: terror and excitement.  Face hot. Heart racing. Stomach tingling. At once I’m eager to walk into this new space before me — a room I’ve longed to enter. If I could just saunter through the doorway with confidence and surety. Yet, I’m terrified I’m unprepared and will stumble and fall into an abyss. Will anyone notice I don’t belong in this room?
“Break the Wall”
BEYOND IMPOSTER SYNDROME SERIES
Mixed Media on Arches oil Paper
(oil and cold wax medium, pigment sticks, india ink)
9” x 12”


Shatter


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With purpose, I will find a crack in the imposter syndrome facade. I will shatter the barrier I feel holding me back with a burst of powerful light.
“Shatter”
BEYOND IMPOSTER SYNDROME SERIES
Mixed Media on arches oil PapeR
(oil and cold wax medium, pigment sticks, pigment powder, india ink)
9” x 12”

Battle scars


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This piece is an exploration about doing battle with imposter syndrome. I may feel raw and exposed afterward. But the battle scars make me tougher and ready for the next time I take on imposter syndrome.
“BATTLE SCARS”
BEYOND IMPOSTER SYNDROME SERIES
Mixed Media on Arches oil Paper
(oil and cold wax medium, pigment sticks, Sakura oil marker, india ink)
9” x 12”


Erode


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Sometimes, passing of time is the best remedy for alleviating imposter syndrome.
“ERODE”
BEYOND IMPOSTER SYNDROME SERIES
Mixed Media on arches oil PapeR
(oil and cold wax medium, pigment sticks, pigment powder, india ink)
9” x 12”

Find another way


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I lost my way with this piece and searched for a new way to unite the layers. Sometimes that is the way during the journey too. I have to find another way, but the way is always there.
“Find another way”
BEYOND IMPOSTER SYNDROME SERIES
Mixed Media on arches oil PapeR
(oil and cold wax medium, pigment sticks, pigment powder, india ink)
9” x 12”

Persevere


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Imposter syndrome bubbles up when I have a new opportunity - bigger responsibility at my design job, a new medium with my art. I want these new opportunities, but I’m scared. Naming this feeling for what is–imposter syndrome–helps, even if it doesn’t eliminate it.
“Persevere”
BEYOND IMPOSTER SYNDROME SERIES
Mixed Media on arches oil PapeR
(oil and cold wax medium, pigment sticks, charcoal, sakura oil marker, india ink)
9” x 12”

Saturate


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Perhaps if I saturate my thinking, my situation, my self, then imposter syndrome can not contain me. Like a flood, my strength can’t help but flow beyond the edge of the perceived embankments.
“Saturate”
BEYOND IMPOSTER SYNDROME SERIES
Mixed Media on arches oil PapeR
(oil and cold wax medium, pigment sticks, india ink)
9” x 12”

Weighty


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The strength of past successes accrue ample pressure to collapse the illusory imposter syndrome wall.
“Weighty”
BEYOND IMPOSTER SYNDROME SERIES
Mixed Media on arches oil PapeR
(oil and cold wax medium, pigment sticks, india ink)
9” x 12”