1. Sharon D. Wise Consumer/Survivor/ Activist and Artist “Don’t Make Anyone a Priority That Makes You An Option”

2. PAST HURTS AND HOW THEY EFFECT OUR HEALING PROCESS Sometimes things happen in our lives that we hold on to, never wanting to let it go. Believe it or not that old saying, ”Misery loves company” can be true, and we are sometimes “that company”. USE THE ARTS TO HEAL YOURSELF (The painting above is entitled, “Angles”, below,”City in my Head” and to the right, “God Knows”)

3. ARTIST HEAL THYSELF “The Entertainers” were painted after an episode that resulted in me being sent to a group home to recover from a severe case of depression. Trust me these painting are “a true to like” picture of me at that time. The way I felt is seen in the colors. Colors represent certain feelings. The arts has always been an avenue for me to escape and start the healing process

4. MY LIFE SCRIPT I painted these picture while in the Psychiatric Institute of Washington. The ones on the left are entitled, “Confusion in Lime’ (upper) and “In this life” (lower), above is entitled, “Wanting love”.

5. WHAT OUR ART SAY ABOUT US “Don’t be afraid to hear what it has to say”. “The Awakening of the Three Parts of Me” was drawn when I was in the hospital in 1999. I had been secluded and restrained and woke up three days later. I drew this shortly after my Awakening. “The Zyprexa Walk” was a very important piece of work in my healing process. This is how I feel when I am on Zyprexa. The painting below is called, “I Dream of peace”

6. About the Artist & The Artwork Sharon D. Wise was born and raised in the Midwest. She is the fourth of five daughters born to the Wise family. Sharon was diagnosed with mental illness at a very young age and was hospitalized for the first time at age nine. After over thirty hospitalization, twelve by force and five seclusion and restraints, Sharon is now a Ph.D. candidate, with her own business and she travels around the country healing people through the use of art. Her son Mercedez is a Military Police, married with one son Desmond Jules. CONTACT INFORMATION: Sharon D. Wise, MHS, 2859 Denver Street, SE, Suite 4, Washington, DC, 20020 (202)-575-2565, thehouseofsharon@msn.comthehouseofsharon@msn.com