Betrayed, ANg

Betrayed.
ANg.

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about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

Angel, ANg

Angel.
ANg.
Oil pastel.


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about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

Empty, Ang

Empty
by Angie Westermann

My arms are empty,
The cradle is empty,
Void.
Remnants of a life.
Little stuffed bears.
Left alone,
wondering where has the
little blue boy gone.
Empty
Void.
Without
Empty.


Written Oct 22, 2010
In memory of Andrew.

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about the poet.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

Angel, Ang.

Angel.
Part of the Angel Series.
Ang.

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about this piece.
In Ang's words, "I draw angels, as the day Andrew died I know the angels cried with me, and for some reason that brings me comfort."

about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

i hold your heart, ANg

i hold your heart.
ANg.

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about this piece.
In Ang's words, "I draw angels, as the day Andrew died I know the angels cried with me, and for some reason that brings me comfort."

about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

Heart Sad, Ang.

Heart Sad.
Ang

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about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

Heart Stained Glass, ANg

Heart Stained Glass.
ANg.


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about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

Death Bird, ANg

Death Bird.
ANg.


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about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

Broken Angel, ANg

Broken Angel.
Ang.

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about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.

Her art can be seen here.

Hands, ANg

Hands.
ANg.
Printed on muslin machine stitched, little paper flower, attach with an eyelet.

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about the piece.
This is a picture taken of Andrew Joseph's hand and his mama, Angie, two days after he died. ANg talks about the piece, "I remember holding his little hand and rubbing his little fingers over and over and over again. I wish I had kissed his fingers, I may have but I don't remember. I have so many regrets and in the end I am left with pictures . I miss him so much."

about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka ANg began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and of the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.
Her art can be seen here.

Rebirth, ANg

Rebirth.
ANg.
Pencil.

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about the piece.
ANg describes her piece Rebirth, "For many years after Andrew died seeing a pregnant woman broke my heart, today nine years later its not so bad,sometimes. Sometimes it still crumbles to me knees, sometimes I sigh, sometimes I look away. This piece of art came out one day as I was thinking of fertility. My fertility or rather my lack of. And wondered what my body would have looked like 9 months pregnant. I only made it to 24 weeks. I can only imagine, but I bet I would have looked just as this pic."


about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka ANg began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and of the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.
Her art can be seen here.

Death Lived Here, Ang

Death Lived Here.
ANg.
Markers.

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about the piece.
In Ang's words, "Death Lived here is an autobiography. It represents the self expression of not being able to safely keep my son from harm. Yet in the background there are shades of blue bubbles, representing his free spirit in the world, and from the dry grey branches are little white hearts, representing the love pure between a mom and her son. Its primarily done with markers."

about the artist.
Alter My World (screen name) aka Ang began her art journey one year after the death of her newborn son, Andrew Joseph. Her art gives her a voice, whether its her grief expression or her happy times, it gives her a sense of self and of the hope of healing. Art at first became a voice of grief and sorrow, through the years it has become so much more than that. It now has periods of laughter and brightness and when she needs to, she arts about loss and grief and sadness.
Her art can be seen here.