AIMEE BUNGARD
Aura #2, Aimee Bungard, Ink on paper, 12 x 16 in.
Black ink on white watercolor paper depicting a scotoma visual migraine aura, through seemingly abstract swirls and zigzags.
I inherited chronic migraine disease from my mothers side. In 2022 I contracted covid and my chronic migraine became dialy chronic intractable migraine. I've been unable to work most of 2022, and my art practice had to adjust due to my vision loss and numbness. I've been using my ink techniques to capture the auras I experience, the sensory disturbances and physical manifestations of this disability. Most people don't know migraine is a whole body disease affecting multiple body systems. I've experienced them since menarche and just this year am beginning to learn the breadth of this condition. It's my hope to bring attention to migraine, neurological disabilities and create a place of solidarity for my fellow migraneurs.
Aimee Bungard is an artist living and working in Clinton, PA, a small Appalachian community outside Pittsburgh. She resides with her guitar player husband, 3 free range children, 2 Suessean mutts and one perfect torti kitty.