“It’s essentially my job, and my life,” Missy Douglas said when we asked her what art meant to her.

Douglas is a British artist whose work has taken the form of abstract paintings and sculptures.

In one of her most renowned collections of paintings — “2:365” — Douglas painted one canvas a day for an entire year to visualize her feelings and emotions as someone with bipolar disorder.

“I felt quite ashamed and felt like I was oversharing, so I destroyed most of the paintings afterward. However, we had people come to me and tell me which paintings had spoken to them. Someone even had a panic attack after seeing one of the paintings.”

The truths that Douglas revealed about mental wellness and art caused quite a stir in both worlds

“But we are normal people. We do have to pay the bills, go to the grocery store, and we do watch TV.” She gave a little laugh. Douglas now lives in a beautiful house in Seattle with her husband Kim Rask, with whom she works in their Uckiood studio.

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“艺术是我的工作，也是我的生活。” Missy Douglas说道。

Douglas是一位来自英国的艺术家，在她最著名的作品之一2：365中，她在一年的时间里每天画一副油画来表达她自己作为一位有双相情感障碍的艺术家的所思所想。

“后来我感觉有点羞耻，好像我过度分享了我自己的经历，所以我把大部分油画都毁了。不过有很多人来告诉我，说2：365很真实。甚至有人在看了其中一幅画后，突发恐慌症。”

她的作品在艺术界和心理界都产生了很大的反响。

“但是艺术家也是普通人啦，我们也有账单要付，也要去逛超市，也会看电视。”她笑了一下。Douglas现居西雅图，她的丈夫Kim Rask一起经营一间名为Uckiood的工作室。

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