Visual Artist, Published Illustrator, Writer, owner / editor of ASLI Magazine, activist to end rape culture and campaigner to end stigma against mental illness. #artsaveslives
Outsider Art – Mental Illness Depicted Through Art
I am an outsider.
Which makes me an outsider artist; meaning that my art is created outside the boundaries of “official” culture and the exclusive art world.
“Outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut (“raw art” or “rough art”), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art by those on the outside of the established art scene, such as psychiatric hospital patients.”
In this ongoing collection my work focuses on my internal struggles with, and the worlds discrimination against – mental illness.
My mission is to use art to show people on the “inside” that WE the outsiders have a voice and it needs to be heard! This also helps me communicate with fellow sufferers on the “outside”, together we fight for equality and neurodiversity.
Obstructive – By Charlotte Farhan
Chained to the Past – By Charlotte Farhan
Bad Child Crazy Girl – By Charlotte Farhan
Clouding of Consciousness by Charlotte Farhan
Everyone is Watching – By Charlotte Farhan
Make it Stop – Art and Poetry by Charlotte Farhan
Time to breathe – By Charlotte Farhan
CPTSD – By Charlotte Farhan
When I close my eyes – by Charlotte Farhan
Staying Silent – By Charlotte Farhan
Silence is Oppressive – By Charlotte Farhan
I ripped out my heart – By Charlotte Farhan
Safe Place – By Charlotte Farhan
Chained to the Past – By Charlotte Farhan
Unlocked – By Charlotte Farhan
I Can’t Look Forward – By Charlotte Farhan
Bad Child – Crazy Girl By Charlotte Farhan
The Broken Willow – By Charlotte Farhan
Splitting – by Charlotte Farhan
Art by Charlotte Farhan
How I long to walk carefree in the rain By Charlotte Farhan
Vulnerability – By Charlotte Farhan
Pain and Detachment – By Charlotte Farhan
Night Terrors – By Charlotte Farhan
As long as I am breathing – by Charlotte Farhan
Neurosis and Psychosis – By Charlotte Farhan
Exploding with Emotions – By Charlotte Farhan
Agoraphobia – By Charlotte Farhan
Losing my Identity – By Charlotte Farhan
Freedom Over Life – By Charlotte Farhan
Anxiety – By Charlotte Farhan
Like moths among the whisperings – By Charlotte Farhan
Am I real – By Charlotte Farhan
Now I lay me down to sleep – By Charlotte Farhan
The Looking Glass – By Charlotte Farhan
all eyes and ears – by Charlotte Farhan
A Kind of Healing – By Charlotte Farhan
In the Abyss – By Charlotte Farhan
Vulnerability – By Charlotte FarhanAgoraphobia – By Charlotte FarhanLosing my Identity – By Charlotte FarhanFreedom Over Life – By Charlotte FarhanAnxiety – By Charlotte FarhanC- PTSD – By Charlotte FarhanA spoonful of sugar – By Charlotte FarhanSilence is Oppressive – By Charlotte FarhanExploding with Emotions – By Charlotte FarhanNeurosis and Psychosis – By Charlotte FarhanAs long as I am breathing – by Charlotte FarhanNight Terrors – By Charlotte FarhanI Ripped out my Heart – By Charlotte FarhanPain and Detachment – By Charlotte FarhanThe Broken Willow – By Charlotte FarhanHow I long to walk carefree in the rain – By Charlotte FarhanSplitting – by Charlotte FarhanWhat you cannot see – by Charlotte FarhanRejection – By Charlotte FarhanStaying Silent – By Charlotte FarhanI Can’t Look Forward – By Charlotte FarhanWhen I Close My Eyes – By Charlotte FarhanUnlocked – By Charlotte FarhanCPTSD – By Charlotte FarhanMake it Stop – Art and Poetry by Charlotte Farhan
Time to breathe – By Charlotte FarhanEveryone is Watching – By Charlotte FarhanClouding of Consciousness by Charlotte FarhanBad Child Crazy Girl – By Charlotte Farhan
Chained to the Past – By Charlotte FarhanObstructive – By Charlotte FarhanLike moths among the whisperings – By Charlotte FarhanAm I real – By Charlotte FarhanNow I lay me down to sleep – By Charlotte FarhanAll Eyes and Ears – by Charlotte FarhanThe Looking Glass – By Charlotte FarhanA Kind of Healing – By Charlotte FarhanIn the Abyss – By Charlotte Farhan
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