protean- adjective (pro-tee-uhn): 1. of or resembling Proteus (a master of disguise in Greek mythology) in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms. 2. displaying great diversity or variety. 3. changeable in shape or form.
I’ve always viewed myself as a kind of shapeshifter. Always a hundred hobbies and activities and projects, always a shifting playlist in the background from disco to punk to folk to hyperpop, always several different friend groups involved in different parts of life. I am a multidisciplinary artist that creates mixed media artworks, jewelry, paintings, and sometimes sculptures and various fabric things. My art is distinctly mine, without having a specific quality that I can attribute to being in all of my works- even my signature shifts each time I scribble it out. Of course it’s not just me that feels this way, there’s a whole plethora of us neurodivergent queer artists that have never fully fit in anywhere, yet fit in everywhere.
This was my first post on my main site, and is my first post here. As a shapeshifter I need to be in many space; as all my forms are part of me and my life, but not all my shapes are welcome in all places. My NSFW artwork is not welcomed with open arms by payment processors, so I had to make a site dedicated to my jewelry to ensure my ability to sustain myself as an artist in some way. Visit my art/main site at https://proteanart.xyz