Oil on Fine Linen stretched over a gallery wooden frame. 
 
This painting is bought with an authentication certificate with artists details and signature.
 
A child's response to their limited understanding of the world in which they live when they feel unable to express their emotions may be to suppress or project their reactive temper onto another. If they feel there is no one else to project onto, they may create an imaginary persona, a faceted self that holds all the locked-up emotional responses that come from an intolerant world in which some children can often find themselves.
 
This object is an extension of the child's developing ego, which could be a teddy bear, an imaginary friend, or some other sort of comfort item. Whatever it is, it holds the child's misunderstood and undeveloped self and experiences of their life.
 
Often, these aspects of life can derive from locked-in trauma. This painting is my exploration of this complex early life that some children may go through and how they may manage the excessive feelings that originate from these traumatic situations.
 
Size - 90 x 50 x 4cm NOT FRAMED
 
Sara Jane Boyle is an oil painter and a Derbyshire artist who paints and journals about generational trauma and its consequences.
 
Currently available to view at BANKS MILL OPEN STUDIOS, the painting can be located on the third floor.
 
This painting is bought with an authentication certificate with artists details and signature.