Isaac Feil - Finding Color in the Dark

Type of Media
Photography/Digital Art

Artist Statement
I've used art as a way of escaping and zoning out. Drawing my patterns and taking photographs put me in a zen mode that helps me relax, which helps me to cope with the everyday struggles of being a brain tumor survivor.

Finding Color in the Dark is a black and white photo, and then in photoshop, I colored the shapes in. I titled it Finding Color in the Dark because it represents how I have to try and find the good in life even when there doesn't seem to be anything good.

Bio
I'm Isaac Feil and I'm 18 years old. In August of 2012, I was diagnosed with a Craniopharyngioma. I was 10 years old when the tumor was discovered, and because of having a brief span of time to coordinate surgeons between discovery and resection, I was 11 years old when it was ultimately removed.

Art has impacted my life in a couple of ways. One way is that after my operations, I was unable to play sports. So, art took up a lot of the time that I would've spent playing baseball, basketball, or soccer. Art also gave me a way to escape from everything. The third and final way is that I met a lot of people because of it.

My favorite medium is markers. I do sometimes use colored pencils or pencil and rarely paint (usually in art class or camps).