Misanthrope

Original Surrealist Artwork by Kelsey Wallace
18 × 24 inches | Graphite & Charcoal

You weren’t born bitter. The world taught you to bite back.

Misanthrope is not about hatred — it’s about survival. It’s the moment you realize your anger is not weakness, but proof that you were never meant to be walked over. This piece doesn’t whisper. It roars. It claws. It remembers every injustice, every dismissal, every time you were made small.

In a chaotic swarm of figures and grasping limbs, one form rises — teeth bared, eyes wide, unapologetic. Drawn in raw graphite and charcoal, the work thrums with tension between rejection and resistance. This is the portrait of someone who has been cast aside... and decided they are still worth saving.

You don’t have to be soft to be good.
You don’t have to be silent to be understood.

Misanthrope belongs with those who’ve been told they’re “too much,”
and finally stopped shrinking to make others comfortable.