A'Driane Nieves is a former member of the U.S. Air Force and the creator of an art magazine and an art nonprofit organization. Nieves began painting on her own around ten years ago as a form of art therapy in 2011 while recovering from postpartum depression and after being later diagnosed with bipolar disorder, at the advice of her therapist. She used abstract expressionist painting as a means of overcoming the traumas of childhood abuse, particularly emotional repression, because of her earliest experiments. Nieves' paintings, which draw inspiration from Joan Mitchell, Cy Twombly, Bernice Bing, and early Black Abstractionist painters such as Alma Thomas and Mary Lovelace O'Neal, provide a peaceful area for introspection and thought for both the artist and the viewer. She gives both the written and visual elements credit.
March 20, 2023
