Melissa Schappell Art

The works featured in this gallery are from my Psychology of Expectations, Environmental Factors of Mental Health, and Hidden Chronic Illnesses series.  The common thread that binds them all is my deep interest in psychology and the desire to understand that which instigates or influences the development of our behaviors, opinions, and decision making.  They confront expectations and perceived reality as it relates to gender roles, relationships and sexuality, politics or religion, mental health, chronic illness, and social constructs and systems.