Subconscious Portrait #4 black The result serves as a

The result serves as a metaphor for my struggles with social anxiety and the desire to overcome it

Virginia Commonwealth University

Dancing between life and death

"This chair is too big

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Subconscious Portrait #4 black The result serves as aDetails About Watercolor on Yupo paper 11 x 14 in. 2018 13 x 17 in. (f) Akira Beard is an artist living and working in Northern CA. Like the art itself, his professional practice stems from his ideas, beliefs and values. Akira's paintings are like tomes for the great spiritual teachers of the past, and also cleverly link contemporary culture with beautiful skills in portraiture. His work is relevant, moving, and powerful truly spiritual, not upholding