The Silence Beneath My Skin is an abstract expressionist piece centered on the experience of living with CPTSD and the impossible weight of unspoken trauma. Through blurred textures, broken lines, and muted, wounded tones, the artwork captures a voice frozen by fear, disbelief, and years of survival. The painting does not depict a figure; instead, it embodies the internal landscape itself—the internal scream that never becomes sound. This is a portrait of someone who was never allowed to tell their story, whose voice still trembles in the shadows of the past. It is haunting, restrained, and intimate—an homage to all the truths that live silently inside the body. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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Some stories stay trapped beneath the skin. The Silence Beneath My Skin explores the impossibility of speaking trauma—the words that fracture, the memories that suffocate, the truth that trembles just out of reach.

— The Asylum Art —

The Ember Among Winter portrays a hauntingly serene forest wrapped in soft, icy mist, where silence feels almost sacred. At the heart of the composition stands a brilliant red tree, its fiery crown blazing against the muted grays and frosted whites that surround it. This vivid burst of crimson becomes a symbol of inner warmth, resilience, and the quiet defiance of life amid stillness. Delicate birds rise toward a pale opening of light, adding movement and a sense of freedom to the scene. In the undergrowth, thin winter branches shimmer like frozen lace, guiding the viewer’s gaze toward the glowing centerpiece. The artwork blends realism with dreamlike atmosphere—an emotional landscape where winter’s hush and the tree’s burning spirit coexist, creating a moment that feels both fragile and eternal. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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“In the quiet of a frozen forest, one tree still burns with memory.
The Ember Among Winter — a reminder that even in the coldest seasons, something inside us keeps glowing.”

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#blueskyart #art #nature #cptsd

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Frozen Wish is a quiet meditation on fragility and endurance. The artwork transforms the delicate seed head into an emblem of suspended longing. Rendered in icy blues and soft gradients, the piece evokes the feeling of a breath held too long — the world hushed, the air thin, time standing still. The textured brushwork adds weight to something inherently weightless, giving the dandelion a ghostlike presence against the blurred, dreamlike background. It is a study in stillness, a whisper of resilience in a frozen moment, a wish waiting for the thaw. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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Frozen Wish — a moment caught between breath and silence. A single seed of hope held still in winter light.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#Art #AbstractNature #Painting #blueskyart #abstract #nature #dandelion #frozen #winter #complexptsd #cptsd #silence

Where the Silence Carves Its Kingdom is an abstract, monochromatic landscape that transforms the stark mountain range into a psychological terrain. The scene is drenched in a high-contrast void: a pitch-black, starless sky swallowing the upper half of the canvas, while below, jagged ridges of pale, ghostlike peaks crumble into darkness. The mountains appear less like stone and more like scars — deep etchings carved by something ancient, violent, and unseen. Ink-like splatters stain the foreground, as if the land itself is bleeding memories into the snow. Fine textures and chaotic scratchmarks suggest erosion not just by wind, but by time, silence, and internal collapse. There is no horizon — only the oppressive black above and the fractured white below, meeting like two opposing states of mind. This artwork embodies isolation, cosmic insignificance, and the quiet terror of standing before something utterly indifferent. It is a place where sound cannot exist. Where light feels unwelcome. Where the world ends not with destruction, but with stillness. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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“In the vastness where mountains dissolve into shadow and the sky becomes an abyss, grief finds a throne.
Where the Silence Carves Its Kingdom — a descent into monochrome eternity.”

—The Asylum Art—
Art, Words by Yves

Refracted Grace is an ethereal study of form, distortion, and quiet luminosity. Inspired by the original image, this artwork transforms calla lilies into a sequence of delicate, rib-like refractions—each slice a repetition of elegance caught in motion. The stems remain steady and grounded while the petals ripple outward, as though reality itself has begun to waver. Soft gradients of green and gold envelop the flowers, creating a serene yet slightly surreal atmosphere. The piece dwells in the space where natural beauty intersects with abstraction, inviting the viewer to feel the tension between stillness and movement, clarity and distortion. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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“Refracted Grace” — an exploration of how beauty bends, stretches, and reshapes itself under the weight of perception. A pair of calla lilies fragmented into rhythmic echoes, where softness meets distortion.

— The Asylum Art —
Art. And Words by Yves
#Art

Where the Night Forgets Us is an atmospheric, expressionist cityscape painted in brooding layers of charcoal black, iron gray, and muted silver. The scene captures a rain-drenched street stretching into a hazy infinity, its buildings looming like silent witnesses. Streetlights bleed softly into the wet pavement, their glow fractured by texture and motion. Cars drift like ghosts through the darkness, and a solitary figure appears almost swallowed by the void. The piece evokes a haunting stillness—the feeling of walking alone through a city that has forgotten time, where every sound is muffled and every surface holds the residue of unspoken stories. It is about loneliness woven into architecture, and the subtle beauty of light trying, and failing, to break through. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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“Where the Night Forgets Us” — a descent into a rain-soaked, echoing city where light dissolves into shadow and every reflection feels like a memory trying to surface.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#Art #cptsd #Expressionism

Pale Bloom, Dark Remembering is an artwork that lives in the space between fragility and endurance. Inspired by the ethereal, time-worn flowers in the reference image, the piece portrays a cluster of pale blossoms whose petals seem almost translucent, as though shaped by breath rather than matter. Warm red tones pulse at their centers like hidden heartbeats—reminders of emotion, hurt, and truth pressed deep within. Set against a vast, darkened backdrop, the flowers appear suspended in memory rather than in space. Wisps, scratches, and faint textures drift around them, suggesting things unspoken, feelings preserved in silence, and the quiet gravity of what we carry. The artwork becomes a meditation on vulnerability: how beauty can persist even when touched by loss, and how truth, though difficult to voice, still finds a way to surface through the cracks. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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“In the quiet between petals and shadow, memory becomes a bloom of its own. ‘Pale Bloom, Dark Remembering’ — an ode to beauty touched by sorrow, and the tender strength of what survives.”

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves

Rift of the Burning Silence is an abstract expressionist portrayal of an emotional rupture cutting through a world weighed down by shadow. A single, blazing vertical fissure of red and ember-orange tears through the dark, fogged blue-grey surroundings—like a wound that refuses to close. The left side sinks into near-black textures, evoking forgotten architecture or memories collapsing inward. On the right, faint lightning-like cracks echo tension, the whisper of forces that shaped the fracture but never broke it entirely. The glowing core feels alive, as if a buried truth or long-muted grief is burning its way to the surface. The painting lives in contrast: cold against heat, stillness against violent emergence, silence against the need to be heard. It’s a portrait of the moment a heart splits — not to break, but to finally release what smoldered unseen. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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Where the cold world fractures, something still glows.
Rift of the Burning Silence — a descent into the fire we bury beneath muted skies.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#art #blueskyart #expressionism #abstract #cptsd #fire

Where the Tide Becomes Light is an abstract expressionist seascape built from movement rather than form. Inspired by the dramatic aerial view of crashing waves, the piece captures the instant where deep, inky waters meet brilliant white surf — a boundary where darkness fractures into radiant turbulence. The textured strokes evoke the weight and violence of the ocean’s pull, swirling into a central river of brightness that feels almost molten. The left side sinks into midnight blues, while the right erupts with intricate laceworks of foam. Together, they form a visual pulse — a heartbeat of water in perpetual transformation. This artwork invites viewers to stand at the edge of something powerful: the threshold where shadow becomes illumination, and chaos becomes beauty. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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‘Where the Tide Becomes Light’ — an ode to the moment water turns into luminous force. A collision of shadow and foam, chaos and calm. The sea isn’t just seen… it’s felt.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#Art #Abstract #ContemporaryArt #cptsd

Nightflower Ascending is a moody, classical-inspired floral portrait that transforms a tulip into a symbol of endurance. The deep plum and obsidian tones of the petals catch faint, ghostlike highlights, giving the flower a quietly luminous presence against the somber, smoky background. The leaves—textured, weathered, and touched by decay—contrast with the rich velvet bloom, emphasizing a story of survival rather than perfection. Subtle clusters of shadowed blossoms at the base enrich the composition, allowing the central tulip to rise like a solitary figure in a painted dusk. It’s a piece about beauty that refuses to fade—and the quiet power of things that endure in the dark. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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In the quiet between light and shadow, a single bloom rises—bruised, luminous, unyielding.
‘Nightflower Ascending’ — a study in darkness, resilience, and the beauty that survives decay.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves

#tulip #cptsd #art

The Quiet Mariner captures a young man suspended in a moment of serene resolve. Rendered in soft grayscale, his expression holds a calm, steady strength — a gaze that feels both searching and unguarded. The white cap becomes a symbol of quiet authority, while the gentle shading of his face and bare shoulders gives the portrait a sculptural, almost timeless quality. The background dissolves into a pale, weightless atmosphere, allowing the viewer to focus entirely on the intensity of presence in his eyes. This is a portrait of stillness, discipline, and the subtle poetry of understatement. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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“The Quiet Mariner” — a grayscale study of calm strength and unspoken stories. A portrait suspended between innocence and resolve, rendered in quiet light.

— The Asylum Art -
Art and words by Yves

#Art #PortraitArt #Monochrome #ContemporaryArt #cptsd

Where the Night Breathes is an ethereal watercolor landscape that drifts between dream and cosmos. Deep, layered shades of indigo form rolling mountains that almost dissolve into one another, evoking a sense of calm mystery. Above them, a sky scattered with delicate gold stars glows like distant fire. The gentle splatters and soft gradients mimic the quiet pulse of the universe, creating a space where stillness feels alive. It is a piece about wonder, solitude, and the silent conversations we have with the night. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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A watercolor descent into the quiet between stars — where darkness becomes velvet, and light becomes a whisper.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#Art #Watercolor #StarryNight #AbstractLandscape #VisualPoetry #complexptsd #cptsd

Crimson Shatterstorm is a visceral atmospheric artwork born from the raw violence of the sky. In this piece, molten-red lightning fractures through dense, shadow-drenched clouds, creating a dramatic interplay between darkness and burning illumination. The lightning’s web-like structure feels almost alive, carving jagged paths that pulse with heat and energy. The deep crimson tones evoke intensity, danger, and a sense of the sublime—an image where nature becomes both a warning and a spectacle. This artwork invites the viewer into the storm’s heart, where beauty and destruction coexist in a single electric breath. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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“A sky split open by fire—Crimson Shatterstorm captures the moment chaos becomes breathtaking. A study in fury, light, and the violent poetry of storms.”

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#blueskyart #Abstract #storm #lightning #cptsd #art

Where the Tide Remembers is an abstract seascape that captures the dramatic tension between deep, consuming darkness and the luminous turbulence of breaking waves. Inky black water dissolving into white, churning foam—transforming it into a textured, painterly interpretation. The brushwork mimics the ocean’s restless energy, swirling in cool blues and muted grays, while the bright edge of the wave creates a natural line of tension, suggesting both arrival and retreat. This artwork invites the viewer to stand at the threshold of the unknown—the place where the tide keeps its memories, and where silence is full of motion. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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Where the Tide Remembers — a study of the quiet violence and gentle surrender found at the edge of the ocean. A moment where darkness meets foam, and everything feels both endless and intimate.”

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#Art #cptsd

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“Red Line of Silence” portrays a young male figure suspended in an ethereal, almost marble-like stillness. His eyes are gently closed, yet they are severed visually by a single horizontal slash of deep red and black — a violent gesture that cuts through the calm surface of his expression. The artwork blends hyperreal portraiture with abstract distress, using texture, erosion, and bleeding pigment to create a haunting contrast between fragility and rupture. The boy’s parted lips and porcelain complexion evoke vulnerability, while the jagged streak suggests emotional wounds that remain unseen but deeply felt. The composition feels like a moment caught between silence and an unspoken breaking point — a quiet implosion rendered with stark beauty. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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A portrait where vulnerability meets rupture.
A young figure stands suspended between serenity and fracture, his closed eyes crossed by a violent streak of red.
Stillness, sorrow, and the quiet scream beneath the skin.

—The Asylum Art—
Art, words by Y

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The Quiet Between Heartbeats portrays a young man draped in soft Baroque light, reclining as though caught in the fragile space between waking and surrender. His delicate features and pale complexion glow against the warm, atmospheric shadows that envelop him. The intricate lace at his collar and the flowing sleeves lend him a timeless elegance, while his posture — languid, vulnerable, unguarded — evokes a sense of emotional exhaustion or quiet longing. Set against the deep reds of a heavy tapestry and framed by a massive, darkened portrait behind him, the scene feels intimate yet theatrical, as if he has stepped out of one painting and collapsed into another. Rich textures, muted golds, and expressive brushwork heighten the drama, creating a portrait that is both haunting and tender. This piece captures not just a figure, but a moment suspended in breath — a whisper of stillness where beauty and melancholy intertwine. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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In the dim hush of a forgotten room, he lingers between shadow and light — a moment suspended, a pulse held.
An homage to stillness, fragility, and the beauty of being undone.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#Art #cptsd

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Veil of Quiet Defiance is a monochromatic graphite drawing capturing a young man partially obscured beneath a draped fabric. His hand lifts the shadowed veil just enough to expose one piercing, contemplative eye. The play of soft graphite shading and tightly rendered contours draws attention to the tension in his expression—a blend of fragility, defiance, and quiet introspection. The fabric falls like a dark curtain around him, amplifying the luminosity of his skin and the sculptural precision of his features. Every stroke contributes to a mood that feels cinematic and intimate, as though the viewer has arrived at a private moment suspended between concealment and revelation. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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A graphite study of vulnerability wrapped in shadow. A face half-revealed, half-guarded, drawn in soft gradients and sharpened edges. The moment between hiding and being seen.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves
#Art #Drawing #Portrait

Where the Silence Breaks is an abstract expressionist work born from erosion, memory, and the geometry of unfinished thoughts. The composition blends mossy greens, aged ochres, and bruised burgundy tones, scraped and layered to evoke the feeling of weathered surfaces that have held too many stories for too long. Fine linear markings cut through the textured fields like architectural ghosts—suggesting past structures, lost alignments, or the quiet persistence of order within emotional chaos. The interplay of rough textures and delicate linework creates a tension between dissolution and design, as if the painting is in a constant negotiation between decay and clarity. The result is an artwork that feels ancient yet immediate, grounded yet elusive—an invitation to stand still inside a moment where silence finally fractures, revealing everything beneath. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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An abstract descent into layered memory and the quiet collisions between what fades and what refuses to disappear. Earth, rust, and deep green intertwine like fractured echoes on a forgotten wall.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves

Winter’s Last Bloom captures the haunting elegance of a peony preserved in frost, each petal edged with crystalline detail against a stark black void. The flower appears both fragile and eternal, suspended in a moment where beauty and cold coexist. The contrast between the velvety pink petals and the icy textures invites viewers to reflect on stillness, endurance, and the quiet poetry found in nature’s frozen moments. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx concept and execution by Yves

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A single peony, frozen in time.
Grace, fragility, and resilience captured in one suspended breath.

— Fix The Shadows —
Photo by Yves
#Photography #FrozenBeauty #Peony #FloralArt #StillLife #frozen #bloom #flower #art #complexptsd #cptsd #beauty #photo

Threadborne Ascension depicts a solitary, human-like figure caught in a storm of fine, luminous strands that both bind and elevate it. Emerging from a dim, textured void, the figure appears carved from shadow and light, its posture twisted in a gesture of struggle, release, or transformation. The swirling filaments envelop the form like living threads—part marionette strings, part spiritual currents—suggesting an unraveling of identity or a transcendence beyond the physical self. The artwork balances darkness with subtle glimmers of illumination, creating an atmosphere of tension and fragile beauty. It speaks to the moment when chaos becomes creation, when the self fractures only to reach upward toward something greater. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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Rising from the dark like a soul pulled through its own unraveling — Threadborne Ascension captures the moment a body becomes a conduit for forces seen and unseen. A dance between surrender and defiance.

— The Asylum Art —
Art and words by Yves

“Frozen Grace” captures a lone rose encased in a delicate veil of frost, illuminated against a pure black void. The crystalline edges of the petals shimmer under the soft, directional light, creating a powerful contrast between fragility and resilience. Every detail — from the frost-kissed curves to the shadowed stem — evokes a moment frozen in time, where beauty persists despite the cold. It is a portrait of endurance, quiet emotion, and the haunting stillness of winter’s touch. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx concept and execution by Yves

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A single rose suspended in winter’s breath — fragile, fierce, and impossibly alive.
‘Frozen Grace’ — a study in stillness, beauty, and the quiet power of cold light.

— Fix The Shadows —
Photo and words by Yves

#blueskyart #art #complexptsd #cptsd #rose #photo

Embers of the Frozen Dawn is an abstract expressionist exploration of a winter sunrise as pure motion. The artwork transforms the landscape into a whirlwind of scribbled energy — fiery reds, molten oranges, and icy blues collide in frantic strokes that radiate outward from the rising sun. The trees stand as tangled silhouettes, their branches dissolving into webs of vibrating lines, creating the sensation of a world trembling awake. The piece captures not just the sight of dawn, but the feeling of it — a moment where warmth, cold, stillness, and momentum all meet in a single explosive breath of color. Art copyright ©Yves Broeckx This is digitally created art concept and execution by Yves

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A winter world in motion — where light fractures, shadows race, and the dawn feels alive beneath your feet. The piece bursts with color, chaos, and the electricity of a sun fighting through the cold.

—The Asylum Art—
Art and words by Yves