Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (2016)
56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate. artist, artwork, drawing and painting, sculpture, mute, los angeles, california, drawing, nervous breakdown, art gallery, electroconvulsive therapy, sculptor, female artist, psychotherapist, portrait drawing, art teacher, line drawing, electroshock therapy, female sculptor