Sibling Abuse Canvas Print

This is a piece I made to bring awareness to sibling bullying. Sibling bullying is the most common form of bullying, and is usually prevalent in toxic families where there is a favorite golden child and a disfavored picked on (sometimes rejected) scapegoat. Scapegoating is prevalent in alcoholic families, and with families who are headed by a parent figure with Narcissistic Personality Disorder or Antisocial Personality Disorder.

This piece is part of a blog I write on abuse awareness called "Misadventures with Angry Alcoholics, Bullies and Narcissists": http://angry-alcoholics.blogspot.com/ Specifically, the piece was featured in this post: http://angry-alcoholics.blogspot.com/2015/02/sibling-abuse-and-sibling-bullying.html

In this piece, the scapegoat is silent (as many of them are expected to be in toxic abusive families). All kinds of derisive labels are attributed to him by his golden child brother including dweeb, gross, black sheep, cry baby, etc. The golden chil...

I have a bachelor's degree in Studio Art and a masters degree in Art Education. I used to be an art teacher and taught grades K - 12. In order to teach art in the public schools, I needed to learn a lot of mediums. I have carried this into my art studio as well, painting in one area of the studio and making altered digital photographs in another part of the studio. My primary mediums are painting, drawing, digital art, illustrations, cartoons, hand thrown pottery and relief sculpture. If you see pottery in my photographic work, it is my own hand-thrown piece. I have shown my work in galleries and through juried shows at art centers and museums. Some notables include The Delaware Art Museum, Haverford Center of the Arts,...