TUESDAY STRASBERG
I draw because it helps me make sense of the world around me—the chaos, the contradictions, the things we’re told to hide or forget. My art is dark, raw, and unfiltered, just like the feelings I struggle to put into words. I use sharpie on paper because its boldness matches the intensity of what I want to express. There's something about its permanence, the way it leaves a mark that can’t be erased, that feels like the perfect medium for the things that feel too heavy to ignore.
The themes I explore are often unsettling: piercings as symbols of pain or rebellion, kids holding guns—innocence lost in violence. I draw mummies, wrapped up in their own stories, trapped in time and decay. These images are all ways for me to explore the darker sides of life that many would rather avoid. I find beauty in the grotesque because it’s real—it’s a part of us. We can’t ignore it.
Sometimes I feel like there’s a disconnect between what people see on the surface and what’s going on beneath. My art is a way to bridge that gap. I don’t want to glorify violence or suffering, but I want to confront it—face it head-on. There’s power in the uncomfortable, in the things we try to look away from. Through these drawings, I’m not just expressing pain, but also strength, resistance, and survival. It’s a reminder that even in darkness, there is something worth paying attention to.
This is just the beginning for me. My work will always evolve, but it will always stay raw, honest, and unafraid to face the things we hide.