12in x 12in Acrylic on Canvas

The Scape Goat is a painting about my past, my childhood growing up and overcoming all the mental obstacles that have come from it. Forced to parent the parents, maintain a household, raise my little sister, struggle in school, and deal with constant verbal/emotional abuse and gaslighting from a narcissistic household and family. My whole family would treat me as an emotional punching bag, because nothing was ever anyone’s fault, but everything was always my fault. Nothing I ever did was good enough. My entire adulthood has been about healing my inner child and breaking generational curses. I have always been in survival mode, and sometimes I still find it hard to get out of it. Constantly feeling like I need to put on my war paint to face my demons and make it through the day. I have healed a lot in recent years, but some wounds never close. – Willow Benjamin