Beneath the Shallows is a series of three mixed media collages representing the emotions impacting individuals living with mental illness. Each collage brings a sense of understanding and evokes emotions to encourage the viewer to connect and understand the emotional distraught felt in the everyday lives of these individuals. These collages feature text written by Amelea Sutherland.

It’s an anchor literally tied to your ankle

You’re struggling so hard not to let

those things bring you down

You’re trying to swim but sometimes you just

Can’t

Hold that weight

And then you just start sinking a little more and eventually

You just give up gasping

for air