Polypharmacized Greeting Card
POLYPHARMACIZED: The Face of Autism GREETING CARDS Autism Awareness Cards Blank Cards Everyday Cards Art Cards Recycled Upcycled Painting
The greeting cards tell the story of my heartfelt piece, "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism", a 48x60-inch (HUGE) painted sculpture created from more than 1,200 plastic prescription pill bottle parts.
💙 One pill bottle painting art greeting card
💙 Each card is blank on the inside
💙 Heavy card stock
💙 Folded cards are 4.25" x 5.5"
💙 White envelope
💙 Each card is tucked in its own cello bag
HERE'S THE BACKSTORY: My adult son Justin has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Over the years, physicians have been very quick with the prescription pad, rather than identifying likely antecedents of his behaviors and looking for underlying physiological causes.
Children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are a highly medicated population and polypharmacy, defined as "the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single ailment or condition," is a significant concern.
My goal in creating "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism" is to get conversations started. For parents to know it's okay to ask their child's physician why multiple medications are being prescribed. Will one or two medications do the job? Instead of three? Four? Five? Six? Let's try!
It's time to step away from the prescription pad.
THE CREATION: Friends, family, neighbors, Pat the postal clerk, Rita our developmental pediatrician's executive assistant, Justin's babysitters and many more saved the orange bottles.
After 10 years, I had amassed over a thousand that I stored in huge black trash bags. Never sure how the bottles would be used. I just knew they were important.
Over a period of four years, I painted my son’s portrait on a raised panel, primed over 1,200 pill bottle parts and adhered each to the panel. I then painted each pill bottle and finished with a protective varnish.
Today, I present, "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism" as greeting cards.
© Merrill Weber. Artist retains copyright on artwork.
POLYPHARMACIZED: The Face of Autism GREETING CARDS Autism Awareness Cards Blank Cards Everyday Cards Art Cards Recycled Upcycled Painting
The greeting cards tell the story of my heartfelt piece, "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism", a 48x60-inch (HUGE) painted sculpture created from more than 1,200 plastic prescription pill bottle parts.
💙 One pill bottle painting art greeting card
💙 Each card is blank on the inside
💙 Heavy card stock
💙 Folded cards are 4.25" x 5.5"
💙 White envelope
💙 Each card is tucked in its own cello bag
HERE'S THE BACKSTORY: My adult son Justin has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Over the years, physicians have been very quick with the prescription pad, rather than identifying likely antecedents of his behaviors and looking for underlying physiological causes.
Children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are a highly medicated population and polypharmacy, defined as "the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single ailment or condition," is a significant concern.
My goal in creating "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism" is to get conversations started. For parents to know it's okay to ask their child's physician why multiple medications are being prescribed. Will one or two medications do the job? Instead of three? Four? Five? Six? Let's try!
It's time to step away from the prescription pad.
THE CREATION: Friends, family, neighbors, Pat the postal clerk, Rita our developmental pediatrician's executive assistant, Justin's babysitters and many more saved the orange bottles.
After 10 years, I had amassed over a thousand that I stored in huge black trash bags. Never sure how the bottles would be used. I just knew they were important.
Over a period of four years, I painted my son’s portrait on a raised panel, primed over 1,200 pill bottle parts and adhered each to the panel. I then painted each pill bottle and finished with a protective varnish.
Today, I present, "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism" as greeting cards.
© Merrill Weber. Artist retains copyright on artwork.
POLYPHARMACIZED: The Face of Autism GREETING CARDS Autism Awareness Cards Blank Cards Everyday Cards Art Cards Recycled Upcycled Painting
The greeting cards tell the story of my heartfelt piece, "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism", a 48x60-inch (HUGE) painted sculpture created from more than 1,200 plastic prescription pill bottle parts.
💙 One pill bottle painting art greeting card
💙 Each card is blank on the inside
💙 Heavy card stock
💙 Folded cards are 4.25" x 5.5"
💙 White envelope
💙 Each card is tucked in its own cello bag
HERE'S THE BACKSTORY: My adult son Justin has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Over the years, physicians have been very quick with the prescription pad, rather than identifying likely antecedents of his behaviors and looking for underlying physiological causes.
Children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are a highly medicated population and polypharmacy, defined as "the simultaneous use of multiple drugs to treat a single ailment or condition," is a significant concern.
My goal in creating "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism" is to get conversations started. For parents to know it's okay to ask their child's physician why multiple medications are being prescribed. Will one or two medications do the job? Instead of three? Four? Five? Six? Let's try!
It's time to step away from the prescription pad.
THE CREATION: Friends, family, neighbors, Pat the postal clerk, Rita our developmental pediatrician's executive assistant, Justin's babysitters and many more saved the orange bottles.
After 10 years, I had amassed over a thousand that I stored in huge black trash bags. Never sure how the bottles would be used. I just knew they were important.
Over a period of four years, I painted my son’s portrait on a raised panel, primed over 1,200 pill bottle parts and adhered each to the panel. I then painted each pill bottle and finished with a protective varnish.
Today, I present, "Polypharmacized: The Face of Autism" as greeting cards.
© Merrill Weber. Artist retains copyright on artwork.
