Deadpan is a way of behaving that is expressionless or unemotional. But strong emotions and ideologies lurks beneath the surface. This artwork explores the theme of emotion suppression by employing a variety of expressions in various psychologically stimulating colors. Various society and cultural pressures can often lead people to suppress their emotions, in order to appear unaffected. Inspired by social fatigue and repetitive communication.

Figurative artist Leah Kelly works with oils, acrylics and charcoal to merge portraiture and surrealism. An unusual combination of faces and bodies in a representational art style is used to express emotions and experiences common within the female experiences. Women’s suffering, power, and emotions are expressed- translated through original ideas and compositions, or retellings of iconic imagery.

Pamela Carbonell ◦ Collage Artist ◦ on Instagram: "Un Portrait de Femme. On her eyes I can feel her expression, her energy. Adding the rough textures gives the perfect element to enhance this force sometimes, strong and powerful The cropped text visuals, makes me think of a life time story, where strong emotions are part of it A life with constant change, evolving. This collage is pure rough energy Do you feel it too?🔥💥⚡️ . . . #collageart #artonpaper #papercutart #collagehandmade"